That it is a Judge’s order does not make the unlawful lawful, nor the improper proper. Judge’s are men not gods.
the lawyer was being a pr8ck
yeah you are right the judge can order him to say it, but the order is not enforceable
since it is reported in a newspaper, I am betting there is something not being reported, such as the lawyer was being a pr8ck and is trying to characterize is as “being forced to say the pledge”
The part you left out is —This is true everywhere but in their presence. That being said —it would seem that if the
Officer of the Court wishes to appeal this to a higher Court -
Inmy unlearned opinion he would have a case.