Michael Newdow
Michael Newdow
Michael Arthur Newdowis an American attorney and emergency medicine physician. He is best known for his efforts to have recitations of the current version of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools in the United States declared unconstitutional because of its inclusion of the phrase "under God". He also filed and lost a lawsuit to stop the invocation prayer at President Bush's second inauguration and in 2009 he filed a lawsuit to prevent references to God and religion from being...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth24 June 1953
CountryUnited States of America
It was never concluded and violated the Constitution, ... I think that is wrong - I'm happy that the idea is getting recognized and that a judge recognized that.
I believe I am strengthening the Constitution with my case.
It's one of the nice things about this nation that when the Constitution is violated, if it affects you, you can bring a suit.
No person who denies the existence of a supreme being shall hold any office under this Constitution.
Obviously, I'll keep fighting to uphold the Constitution.
The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld.
I think they'll agree. That is the ultimate goal to get the Pledge of Allegiance to be for all Americans.
Our churches are very strong in this nation and I think that's great and everybody should have the ability to worship as he or she sees fit.
I think that everybody would not be sitting here saying, 'Oh, what harm is that.' They'd be furious. And that's exactly what goes on against atheists. And it shouldn't.
That is an actual, concrete, discrete, particularized, individualized harm to me, which gives me standing.
This is not supposed to be there. The government is supposed to stay out of the religion business.
This issue is whether or not our government should be infusing religion into (schools).
I tried out different openings, but most of them got torn to shreds. Some of them sounded great, then bombed big-time,
Think of it as an Olympic event or a ball game: you practice first.