Court dismisses Pledge case: Atheist father cannot sue over use of ‘Under God’

Are we surprised? NO! The rationale of most of the judges (5 of them) had nothing to do with whether or not it violated the First Amendment — it had to do with the fact that the father has no legal right to speak for his daughter because he does not have custody of her. The others (3 of them) dealt with the First Amendment issue.