Has the pledge of allegiance been removed from public schools?

Did an appeals court rule that teacher-led recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is unconstitutional? ... she has been forced to “watch and listen as her state-employed teacher in her state-run school leads her classmates in a ritual proclaiming that there is a God, and that ours is 'one nation under God.'”. read more

On Wednesday, June 26, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled the Pledge of Allegiance to the U.S. Flag cannot be recited in public schools because the phrase “under God” endorses religion. read more

1998 - Michael Newdow files suit against the school board of Broward County, Florida to get the phrase "under God" removed from the pledge. Newdow argues this is a violation of the First Amendment and that that his daughter should not be subjected to the pledge at school. read more