legislation: 109-sres-243

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109-sres-243 109 sres 243 A resolution expressing Support for the Pledge of Allegiance. Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 2005-09-15 2005-09-15 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10147-10148; text as passed Senate: CR S10148; text of measure as introduced: CR S10131) Senate Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO] MO R T000024 16 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Expresses the Senate's disapproval of the decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California in Newdow, et al. v. U.S. Congress, et al. (holding that the policy of daily teacher-led recitations of the Pledge of Allegiance by public school students violates the Establishment Clause of the Constitution). Authorizes and instructs the Senate Legal Counsel to continue to cooperate fully with the Attorney General in such case to vigorously defend the constitutionality of the Pledge of Allegiance. 2018-02-03T18:16:17Z  

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