'IN GOD WE TRUST' to Remain on US Currency
A federal district court issued an order dismissing a federal lawsuit and soundly rejecting arguments made by Dr. Michael Newdow and the Freedom From Religion Foundation that the national motto on U.S. currency violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
The court noted there is an ample body of case law that can support only one conclusion: “The inclusion of the motto on U.S. currency ... does not violate the Establishment Clause.”
“The Supreme Court has repeatedly assumed the motto’s secular purpose and effect, and all circuit courts that have considered this issue have found no constitutional violation in the motto’s inclusion on currency,” the court concluded.
The motto first appeared on US notes in 1864 and in 1965 the Congress gave it a national motto status.
Source: Islam.ru
“The Supreme Court has repeatedly assumed the motto’s secular purpose and effect, and all circuit courts that have considered this issue have found no constitutional violation in the motto’s inclusion on currency,” the court concluded.
The motto first appeared on US notes in 1864 and in 1965 the Congress gave it a national motto status.
Source: Islam.ru
