Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow, 542 U.S. 1 (2004)
Elementary students at the Elk Grove Unified School District are made to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in a daily group recitation once each day. This practice was in compliance with a California law, i.e. Cal. Educ. Code Ann. §52720, that compels all public elementary schools to start the day with ‘appropriate patriotic exercises.’ The daughter of Michael Newdow attended the Elk Grove as a kindergarten student and, thus, was made to recite with other students the Pledge. Newdow, who is an atheist, contended that the Pledge, which
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