Any hope for a decisive ruling or for legal coherence regarding the Pledge of Allegiance will need to wait another year.

Soonthe Supreme Court will decide the Newdow case, ruling on whether public-school teachers may include the words "under God" when leading students in the Pledge of Allegiance.

The Supreme Court has interpreted the Establishment Clause in a manner that encourages and sometimes demands hostility towards religion.

Representative Jim McDermott wishes not to say "under God" while reciting the Pledge of Allegience, but others may do so, according to their constitutionally guaranteed freedoms.