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1026397
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b780767
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| Main Entry
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Bishop, Ronald,1961-
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| Title & Author
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Taking on the Pledge of Allegiance : : the news media and Michael Newdow's Constitutional challenge /\ Ronald Bishop ; [foreword by Nadine Strossen.].
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Albany :: State University of New York Press,, ©2007.
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1 online resource (xiii, 202 pages)
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| ISBN
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0791471810
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: 0791471829
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: 0791479552
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: 1435616723
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: 9780791471814
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: 9780791471821
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: 9780791479551
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: 9781435616721
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-197) and index.
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| Contents
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Master myths, frames, narratives, and guard dogs -- A case of first impression -- An impermissible message of endorsement -- A reputation for unorthodox opinions -- Their own little world -- The good mother -- On to the Supreme Court -- Tepid and diluted -- Nice try, young man -- We're saved for now.
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| Abstract
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"Taking on the Pledge of Allegiance explores the landmark lawsuit filed by avowed atheist Michael Newdow against the Elk Grove Unified School District in California, in which he claimed the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance amounted to an unconstitutional endorsement of religion." "This book contains interviews with many of the parties involved, including Newdow and journalists who covered the case. Ronald Bishop examines how the news media marginalized Newdow after the Ninth Circuits ruling - acting as a "guard dog" for the government and for the ideas supposedly at the ideological heart of America - by framing the decision as an aberration, a radical act by a hopelessly liberal federal circuit court. Bishop concludes that journalists relegated Newdow to a rhetorical "protest zone"--He was heard, but from a safe distance."--Jacket.
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Bellamy, Francis., Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
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Newdow, Michael-- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Newdow, Michael.
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Flags-- Law and legislation-- United States.
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Religion in the public schools-- Law and legislation-- United States.
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Flags-- Law and legislation.
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LAW-- Constitutional.
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LAW-- Public.
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Religion in the public schools-- Law and legislation.
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Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag (Bellamy, Francis)
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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342.7308/52
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| LC Classification
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KF228.N524B57 2007eb
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