LEADER 03416nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910820683603321 005 20240417033514.0 010 $a0-7914-7955-2 010 $a1-4356-1672-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000481835 035 $a(EBL)3407429 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000255227 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11209351 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000255227 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10213585 035 $a(PQKB)10359862 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407429 035 $a(OCoLC)190675483 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse6578 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407429 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10575855 035 $a(DE-B1597)681940 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791479551 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000481835 100 $a20061204d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTaking on the Pledge of Allegiance$b[electronic resource] $ethe news media and Michael Newdow's Constitutional challenge /$fRonald Bishop ; foreword by Nadine Strossen 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (218 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7914-7181-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 183-197) and index. 327 $aMaster 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. 330 $aTaking 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. 606 $aFlags$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 606 $aReligion in the public schools$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 615 0$aFlags$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aReligion in the public schools$xLaw and legislation 676 $a342.7308/52 700 $aBishop$b Ronald$f1961-$01602644 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820683603321 996 $aTaking on the Pledge of Allegiance$93926667 997 $aUNINA