SCOTUS Punts The Pledge Issue

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Court dismisses Pledge of Allegiance suit
Justices sidestep church-state issue in tossing atheist’s case

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The opinion is not available yet, but it will be interesting to see what, if anything, the justices said about the merits of Newdow’s case. Apparently, Rehnquist wrote about it, but his views were already pretty well-known.