03508nam 2200637Ia 450 991097481290332120240417033514.09780791479551079147955297814356167211435616723(CKB)1000000000481835(EBL)3407429(SSID)ssj0000255227(PQKBManifestationID)11209351(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000255227(PQKBWorkID)10213585(PQKB)10359862(MiAaPQ)EBC3407429(OCoLC)190675483(MdBmJHUP)muse6578(Au-PeEL)EBL3407429(CaPaEBR)ebr10575855(DE-B1597)681940(DE-B1597)9780791479551(Perlego)2672236(EXLCZ)99100000000048183520061204d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTaking on the Pledge of Allegiance the news media and Michael Newdow's Constitutional challenge /Ronald Bishop ; foreword by Nadine Strossen1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20071 online resource (218 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780791471814 0791471810 Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-197) and index.Master myths, frames, narratives, and guard dogs -- A case of first impression -- An impermissible message of endorsement -- A reputation for unorthodox opinions -- Their own little world -- The good mother -- On to the Supreme Court -- Tepid and diluted -- Nice try, young man -- We're saved for now.Taking on the Pledge of Allegiance explores the landmark lawsuit filed by avowed atheist Michael Newdow against the Elk Grove Unified School District in California, in which he claimed the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance amounted to an unconstitutional endorsement of religion. Newdow's original suit was ignored by the public and the news media until June 26, 2002, when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Pledge of Allegiance was unconstitutional. This decision touched off a firestorm of negative reaction, both from politicians and from the public. The U.S. Supreme Court eventually overturned the ruling on Flag Day 2004.This book contains interviews with many of the parties involved, including Newdow and journalists who covered the case. Ronald Bishop examines how the news media marginalized Newdow after the Ninth Circuit's ruling—acting as a "guard dog" for the government and for the ideas supposedly at the ideological heart of America—by framing the decision as an aberration, a radical act by a hopelessly liberal federal circuit court. Bishop concludes that journalists relegated Newdow to a rhetorical "protest zone"—he was heard, but from a safe distance.FlagsLaw and legislationUnited StatesReligion in the public schoolsLaw and legislationUnited StatesFlagsLaw and legislationReligion in the public schoolsLaw and legislation342.7308/52Bishop Ronald1961-1602644MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910974812903321Taking on the Pledge of Allegiance4362768UNINA