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	Michael Newdow
		Michael Newdow is the Sacramento, California emergency room doctor who argued Elk Grove Unified School District v.
		The Supreme Court held that since Newdow happened to be in the middle of a bitter custody battle, he doesn't have legal standing to sue on behalf of his daughter.
		Incidentally, Newdow claims he was the victim of date rape, perpetrated by Banning during a camping trip at Yosemite National Park.
	www.nndb.com /people/981/000049834 (264 words)

	A father's pledge - Salon
		Michael Newdow, the emergency room doctor, law school graduate and lifelong atheist who challenged the invocation of God in the Pledge of Allegiance, knew this day was coming.
		While Newdow may someday be able to overcome the ruling that he lacked standing -- he's fighting for equal custody of his daughter, a legal status that might allow him to renew his case -- the long-term outlook is grim.
		Newdow was crestfallen this morning -- but not so much for his loss in the pledge case as for the commentary it made about his rights as a parent.
	dir.salon.com /story/opinion/feature/2004/06/14/newdow/index.html (577 words)

	CNN.com - Court dismisses Pledge case - Jun 15, 2004
		Newdow, who is involved in a custody dispute with the mother of their third-grade daughter, could not speak for the girl, the court ruled.
		Newdow never married the mother of the child and the two are in a battle over his parental rights.
		Newdow had declared that his daughter would be singled out if she chose not to say the Pledge of Allegiance, and would be coerced to participate.
	www.cnn.com /2004/LAW/06/14/scotus.pledge/index.html (1062 words)

	ELK GROVE UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST. V. NEWDOW
		Newdow’s argument that he nevertheless retains an unrestricted right to inculcate in his daughter his beliefs fails because his rights cannot be viewed in isolation.
		Newdow’s standing derives entirely from his relationship with his daughter, but he lacks the right to litigate as her next friend.
		Newdow’s parental status is defined by state law, and this Court customarily defers to the state-law interpretations of the regional federal court, see Bishop v.
	supct.law.cornell.edu /supct/html/02-1624.ZS.html (734 words)

	Law.com - The Man Behind the Pledge Case
		But Newdow has also kept himself at the forefront by insisting, against the advice of many of his natural allies, that he should be the one to stand before the justices and present the case.
		Newdow disputes that, asserting that she was well aware of what he was doing, and noting that she opposed his request to allow the girl to attend his oral arguments before the 9th Circuit.
		Newdow claims that Banning's challenge to his standing is being heavily funded by the Christian right, but she denies it.
	www.law.com /jsp/article.jsp?id=1067351005985 (2736 words)

	Atheist pleads with court to stop pledge - Tom Curry - MSNBC.com
		WASHINGTON - So determined is atheist Michael Newdow to not have his 9-year-old daughter hear the Pledge of Allegiance recited in her classroom that he went to the Supreme Court on Wednesday to argue his case in person.
		Newdow was in the rare position of being both a party to a landmark constitutional case and the attorney arguing the case before the court.
		Newdow responded that the court had ruled in 1992 that a rabbi could not recite a benediction including references to God at a public school graduation ceremony because the setting created coercion for students to join the prayer or listen to it.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/4594537 (1076 words)

	Elk Grove v. Michael A. Newdow, 2004<BR>US Pledge of Allegiance
		Newdow's challenge to the Pledge based on the fact he is engaged in a custody battle with his daughter's mother and, in the court's view, he does not have sufficient custody to speak on her behalf.
		Michael Newdow, the man who filed the suit and argued his case before the Supreme Court, vowed to continue his battle, adding that he believes the Pledge is still unconstitutional.
		Michael Newdow’s challenge to petitioner school district’s policy is a well-intentioned one, but his distaste for the reference to “one Nation under God,” however sincere, cannot be the yardstick of our Establishment Clause inquiry.
	www.classbrain.com /artteenst/publish/pledge_of_allegiance_supreme_court.shtml (3905 words)

	Atheist sues to ban hand on Bible - The Washington Times: Metropolitan - January 08, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Michael Newdow, an atheist doctor and lawyer from Sacramento, has filed a complaint and a motion for preliminary injunction in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, seeking to remove prayer and all "Christian religious acts" from the Jan. 20 inauguration.
		Newdow, 50, asserts that the presence of Christian ministers who pray publicly at the inauguration, Christian songs and the swearing of the oath of office while a president places a hand on the Bible violates the establishment clause of the First Amendment.
		Newdow states in his complaint that he "sincerely believes that there is no such thing as god, or God, or any supernatural force." On the contrary, he believes "supernatural" is an oxymoron.
	www.washingtontimes.com /metro/20050108-120519-9586r.htm (893 words)

	Michael Newdow
		Michael Newdow — who last week filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia with the hope of the White House canceling plans for a religious invocation at the Jan. 20 presidential Inauguration, citing the separation of church and state —
		The court is hearing arguments today from California atheist Michael Newdow, who initially claimed "protection” of his 9-year-old daughter as his motive for opposing recitation of the pledge in government schools.
		The plaintiff in the case — the now notorious Michael Newdow — is a self-serving atheist who attempted to oust the phrase from the Pledge two years ago.
	www.boycottliberalism.com /biographies/Newdow.htm (402 words)

	Michael Newdow's Pledge of Allegiance Activism
		Michael Newdow Explains why and how he filed suit to remove the words "under god" from the manditory US "Pledge of Allegiance"....
		Michael Newdow (Plaintiff) filed the Original Complaint against the United States Congress, the State of California, and local School District parties claiming the phrase “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance violates the First Amendment.
		July 21, 2003 Pledge fight back in the California Supreme Court as Sandra Banning claims Michael Newdow is a poor father, while Newdow says Banning is lying to the justices.
	www.evolvefish.com /fish/newdow.html (1315 words)

	Atheism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Michael Martin (1990, p.470) notes that the view that "naturalism is compatible with nonatheism is true only if 'god' is understood in a most peculiar and misleading way", but he also points out that "atheism does not entail naturalism".
		In the Newdow case, after a father challenged the phrase "under God" in the United States Pledge of Allegiance, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found the phrase unconstitutional.
		The Supreme Court subsequently reversed the decision, ruling that Michael Newdow did not have standing to bring his case, thus disposing of the case without ruling on the constitutionality of the pledge.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Atheism (10151 words)

	Law.com - Atheist, Rookie Lawyer Argues Before High Court
		Newdow, in a risky maneuver, had asked Scalia to recuse because of a speech he gave last year that appeared to tip his hand on the Pledge case.
		Newdow began his argument by turning slightly to face the flag in the corner of the Court chamber and mimicking what students do when they recite the Pledge in school.
		Newdow was also quick to respond when Rehnquist tried to counter his point that the inclusion of "under God" in the Pledge was divisive.
	www.law.com /jsp/article.jsp?id=1080086605845 (1200 words)

	Elk Grove Unified School District v. Michael A. Newdow
		The case arose when Michael A. Newdow, an atheist whose daughter attends a California public school, challenged the school district's daily practice of reciting the Pledge of Allegiance on the ground that the practice violates the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution.
		Newdow did not have "standing" to bring the lawsuit given the nature of his legal relationship to his daughter.
		Newdow and the girl's mother never married, and the California courts have conferred greater rights upon the mother in an ongoing custody battle.
	www.clsnet.org /clrfPages/amicus/newdow.php (351 words)

	MNDv3 \| Serving Man Daily Since 2001 » "In Michael Newdow We Trust"
		Newdow plans to never let up in his quest to remove God from all things until achieving his ultimate goal of forcing even God himself to have to legally change his name to "Frank".
		Newdow would have lobbied to have the TV show "Touched by and Angel" changed to "Groped by a figment of your imagination", but the program was cancelled before he could take action.
		Newdow, having tried to have "under God" removed from the Pledge of Allegiance, among other things, now wants to have "in God we trust"; removed as the national motto, not to mention from money and whatever other government stuff on which that phrase may appear.
	mensnewsdaily.com /2006/05/10/in-michael-newdow-we-trust-2 (697 words)

	The Framing Business » Raymond Kraft Versus Michael Newdow
		Newdow, a doctor and lawyer, has previously tried to remove “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance and is currently trying to remove “In God We Trust”; from our currency.
		The Supreme Court never ruled against Newdow, but merely denied him a hearing because they felt he was not the party that could carry the lawsuit (because he filed it on behalf of his daughter whom he had no authority over).
		Newdow fully understands the definition of establishment as well as the history of legal cases that agree with him.
	framingbusiness.net /2005/raymond-kraft-versus-michael-newdow (1542 words)

	Michael Newdow's Religion
		Newdow's belief system may be summarized in his own words: "I adhere to a religion.
		Newdow freely admits that his "general view of the universe and man's relation to it" constitutes a religion.
		Newdow's religion, would be the established faith if we were to de-Word our pledge, our coinage, our oaths of office, and our founding documents.
	www.intellectualconservative.com /article3967.html (797 words)

	FOXNews.com - Court Rejects Challenge to Inaugural Prayer - Politics \| Republican Party \| Democratic Party \| Political ...
		Newdow argued he would be harmed as someone attending the inauguration by being forced to listen to sectarian and specifically, Christian, prayer.
		Newdow also argued that taxpayer-financed inaugural ceremonies cannot be a platform for "the coercive imposition of religious dogma," adding that the president intended to "use the machinery of the state to advocate his religious beliefs."
		Newdow said his case is different this time because he actually has a ticket to attend the inauguration.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,144355,00.html (1250 words)

	PeteTam.com » Blog Archive » Michael Newdow
		Here’s a ROAST to Michael Newdow, who many of you might remember as the guy who sued the “under God” clause in the pledge of allegiance.
		The Supreme Court dismissed the case because Newdow (who was suing on behalf of his daughter) did not actually have custody of her daughter.
		Newdow, I can see them turning around and making the case that all those years they were forced to say it it’d cause them a lot of emotional distress.
	petetam.com /wordpress/archives/2005/01/06/michael-newdow (275 words)

	ELK GROVE UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST. V. NEWDOW
		The court noted that Newdow no longer claimed to represent his daughter, but unanimously concluded that “the grant of sole legal custody to Banning” did not deprive Newdow, “as a noncustodial parent, of Article III standing to object to unconstitutional government action affecting his child.” Id., at 502—503.
		The amended opinion omitted the initial opinion’s discussion of Newdow’s standing to challenge the 1954 Act and declined to determine whether Newdow was entitled to declaratory relief regarding the constitutionality of that Act.
		He wishes to forestall his daughter’s exposure to religious ideas that her mother, who wields a form of veto power, endorses, and to use his parental status to challenge the influences to which his daughter may be exposed in school when he and Banning disagree.
	supct.law.cornell.edu /supct/search/display.html?terms=newdow&url=/supct/html/02-1624.ZO.html (3683 words)

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		CBN.com – (CBN News) - You may remember Michael Newdow – he is the atheist who is on a mission to get the words "under God" removed from the Pledge of Allegiance.
		Newdow, a self-proclaimed atheist -- better known as "the guy who wants to take 'under God' out of the Pledge of Allegiance and 'In God We Trust' off the nation's money -- wasted no time in attacking the references to God found in the Declaration of Independence.
		Newdow argues that the government is in blatant violation of the rights of many Americans, by advocating one religion over others.
	www.cbn.com /cbnnews/politics/060412b.aspx (702 words)

	The religion of Michael Newdow, atheist lawyer who opposed Pledge
		Michael Newdow is a California atheist lawyer who sued the government seeking to ban the mention of God from the Pledge of Allegiance.
		Articles problably neglected to mention the denominational affiliation of Newdow's daughter because most people are not familiar with the Calvary Chapel denomination and because which denomination she belongs to is irrelevant to the story.
		Conservative online media are abuzz this week with word that the second-grade daughter of atheist Michael Newdow, who sued a California school district over the Pledge of Allegiance on her behalf, wasn't troubled by the words "Under God" in the Pledge at all.
	www.adherents.com /people/pn/Michael_Newdow.html (597 words)

	CNN.com - Litigant explains why he brought Pledge suit - June 26, 2002
		Newdow, thank you for joining us and tell us what you think of all of this.
		Newdow: My daughter is in the lawsuit because you need that for standing.
		Newdow: 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.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/LAW/06/26/Newdow.cnna/index.html (830 words)

	Right Voices » Blog Archive » Michael Newdow Loses In God We Trust Case
		Michael Newdow, the Sacramento, California lawyer and doctor who had previously launched a court challenge on behalf of his daughter over the phrase “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance said in schools, had argued that “In God We Trust”; on monetary instruments violates his rights.
		Newdow claimed that by using coins and currency bearing the phrase, he is forced to carry religious dogma, proselytise and evangelise for monotheism.
		Newdow told Reuters he would appeal to the San Francisco-based U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled in his favour in his “under God” lawsuit, a decision later overruled by the U.S. Supreme Court, which found Newdow could sue not on behalf of his daughter because he lacked custody.
	rightvoices.com /2006/06/13/michael-newdow-loses-in-god-we-trust-case (1417 words)

	Person of the Week: Michael Newdow \| TIME
		Thanks to Newdow's lawsuit charging the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional (due to that "under God" phrase), we've become reacquainted with that comforting place where flag-waving carries no sorrowful undertones, only simple pride or defiance.
		Newdow, a physician with a law degree, a five-year-old daughter and an axe to grind with monotheistic religion, decided he wasn't happy about students at his daughter's school standing to say the Pledge each morning.
		Newdow, meanwhile, spent the week racking up quite a collection of death threats, some vague, some specific, and most of them left on his home answering machine.
	www.time.com /time/pow/article/0,8599,266658,00.html (844 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Newdow, an emergency room physician who is trained as a lawyer, is also waiting for a federal judge in Sacramento to rule on his request to permanently ban two Sacramento-area school districts from having students recite the pledge.
		Newdow filed the lawsuit on behalf of himself and families whose children attend schools in Elk Grove Unified and Rio Linda Union after his earlier fight to remove "under God" from the pledge ended last year at the U.S. Supreme Court.
		In that case, Newdow's battle against Elk Grove Unified - where his daughter was a student - ended when the Supreme Court said he lacked standing to pursue the case because he didn't have custody of his daughter.
	www.knoxstudio.com /shns/story.cfm?pk=ATHEIST-11-15-05&cat=AN (367 words)

	Supreme Being vs. Supreme Court. - By Dahlia Lithwick - Slate Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Michael Newdow—the atheist challenging the constitutionality of the words "under God" in the pledge—shatters every one of the inviolate rules of Supreme Court advocacy: The doctor-slash-lawyer represents himself in a performance both passionate and personal.
		Michael Newdow gets up, and stuffy reporters like me, who cringe at zealots who insist on being their own oral advocates and wince at the brashness of a man who actually asked for (and got) a Scalia recusal, are rocked back on our heels.
		Newdow disagrees; for him, hearing it is like "getting slapped in the face every time." He offers this burst of fatherly pride to his daughter: "Go to church with your mother.
	slate.msn.com /id/2097737 (1653 words)

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