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Wednesday, January 12, 2005

More Newdow

Newdow to Time magazine on the Supreme Court's opening phrase, "God save the United States and this honorable Court": "When they say 'God save this court, the first word out of my mouth will be 'objection!'"

Newdow to the Supreme Court on the opening:

"QUESTION: Of course, we have -- we have so many references to God in our daily lives in this country. We opened this session of the Court today . . . with a reference, and I suppose you would find that invalid as well.

MR. NEWDOW: Not -- not under what the -- this Court has to distinguish in this case. No one -- when this Court opens, God save this honorable Court, nobody's asked to stand up, place their hand on their heart and affirm this belief."

The transcript records no objection to the opening.

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