Pledge of Allegiance

First Amendment

Maryland Elementary School Tries To Force Students To Say The Pledge

Students have a constitutional right to refuse to say the Pledge of Allegiance, no matter what school officials think.

Emma Camp | 6.3.2024 4:02 PM

First Amendment

Arizona House Passes a Bill That Would Force Children To Say the Pledge of Allegiance

"The current law is that parents have a right to direct the education of their child,'' said the bill's sponsor. "And this is a parents' rights state.''

Emma Camp | 2.23.2023 5:01 PM

Brickbats

Brickbat: Land of the Free

Charles Oliver | 1.27.2020 4:00 AM

Pledge of Allegiance

Texas School Acknowledges It Cannot Force Students to Stand for the Pledge of Allegiance

She was expelled and filed a federal suit. Texas' attorney general ignored the Constitution and defended the school.

Scott Shackford | 12.28.2018 3:50 PM

Pledge of Allegiance

Texas Attorney General Ignores 75 Years of Supreme Court Rulings Trying to Force a Student to Stand for the Pledge

The irony is that she's protesting authoritarian police behavior.

Scott Shackford | 9.26.2018 3:15 PM

Civil Liberties

Florida Teacher Suspended Five Days For Forcing Fourth Grader to Recite Pledge of Allegiance: "If you can't put your hand on your heart, then you need to move out of the country"

It's America, teacher suggests

Ed Krayewski | 11.5.2013 4:35 PM

Civil Liberties

Mandating "Voluntary" Recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance: Christians v. Atheists in Massachusetts

Ronald Bailey | 9.5.2013 1:21 PM