Dear Mrs. Sandra Hartle,
I have critical news for
you regarding our fight to preserve the
Pledge of Allegiance ... we are headed
to the Supreme Court of the United
States.
The Ninth U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals has decided once again
to declare the Pledge of Allegiance
unconstitutional!
They REFUSED to rehear
Newdow v. United States Congress,
reiterating a legally flawed opinion by
their three-judge panel last June
declaring the phrase "One nation
under God" in the Pledge of
Allegiance unconstitutional.
This absurd ruling
cannot go unchallenged. We, at the
American Center for Law and Justice, are
already working to combat this
unconstitutional and hostile decision by
the court - and will fight this case as
it goes all the way to the Supreme Court
of the United States.
The appeals court has
made bad rulings in the case from the
start when a three-judge panel ruled 2-1
that our Pledge is unconstitutional ...
... because it contains
the phrase "One nation under
God." OUTRAGEOUS!
The Ninth Circuit's
action is CLEARLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL - yet
they refused to reconsider or review
their actions, ignoring legal precedent
set by the Supreme Court of the United
States.
I will lead our senior
legal team as we represent members of
Congress and concerned citizens like you
across the nation. We are asking the
high court to hear the case in order to
OVERTURN the Ninth Circuit Court ruling
against our Pledge.
The American Center has
already been involved:
* launching a nationwide
petition campaign.
* contacting all state
superintendents of schools.
* representing 17
members of Congress in the case because
it was Congress that added the phrase,
"One nation under God" to the
Pledge in 1954.
* and now - as
representatives for Congressional
members and concerned citizens like you
across the nation - we are filing a
major brief asking the high court to
hear the case and OVERTURN the Ninth
Circuit Court ruling against our Pledge.
This is one of the most
significant cases that the Supreme Court
could ever decide ...
THE CONSTITUTIONAL
FREEDOMS OF OUR CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILDREN ARE AT STAKE!
For decades, millions of
schoolchildren have recited this pledge
as a sign of patriotism and respect.
This ruling threatens that right!
Americans United for
Separation of Church and State and other
organizations may not stop until the
VERY MENTION OF GOD in public places
becomes illegal! Americans United has
gone so far as to say, "it was a
mistake for Congress in 1954 to amend
the Pledge by adding "under
God" to it."
If we do not take a
stand now to protect students' First
Amendment freedoms in reciting the
Pledge, the next step may be banning
"God Bless America" - or our
national motto "In God We
Trust."
Our future and the
future of our children could include
extreme legal action for sharing our
faith in public!
NOW IS THE TIME FOR
ACTION, and we will use every resource
to fight for your rights.
ACLJ
