Via Will Baude, I learn that Michael Newdow has been keeping busy since the Supreme Court decision against him. He's written two articles, one for Slate and one for the Op-Ed page of the New York Times. Both are good reading.
Slate: Family Feud - Family courts don't solve conflict, they create it
Why do so many people who were once extraordinarily happy together end up in such deep conflict? The answer may be that the custody laws - not the people - are to blame.©2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Last week the Supreme Court ruled in effect that once parents are involved in family court proceedings, their federal rights are at risk. This decision sets a dangerous precedent that violates the rights of citizens to have the federal judiciary address their claims.The case, which I brought, presented the court with an important question: is a classroom recital of the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional? The pledge - with its claim that ours is "one nation, under God" - is recited daily in the public school attended by my daughter. Because I am an atheist, she is, in essence, told every school morning that her father's religious views are wrong.
This is an injury to me personally, which should give me "standing": the right to have the court adjudicate my claim. Nonetheless, the merits of the case were never addressed. Instead, the court ruled that since I do not have legal custody of my daughter, I do not have the right to pursue the matter in the federal courts.
UPDATED 9/14/2005 3:13pm
Michael Newdow is at it again!
U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton rules school pledge is unconstitutional
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