They are saying that he lacked the legal standing to bring the case in the first place, due to not having custody of his daughter.
While I would have preferred them actually ruling on the case, and it does make them appear gutless.....this dismissal points the finger at Newdow's ethics and legal ability MORE THAN SIMPLY RULING AGAINST THE CASE would have done.
Now people want to know why the court decided this guy didn't even have standing, something a good lawyer...which he is not...would have realized would have been the case. He is now the laughingstock of a nation.
Simply ruling against him would not have made him the laughingstock of the nation.
Someday some other idiot will try to stop "under God." The court will later have time to rule on it I am sure.
I hope that in throwing the case out, they also made it impact the 9th Circuit decision, so folks in that circuit can now say the pledge.
This way of handling it did serve to humiliate Newdow more than just ruling against him IMO though.
The lack of standing should have been determined long before the case ever went to the USSC. How typicall of chickenshit lower courts.
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I had thought they would rule based on the standing issue!
The man was callously using his daughter as a wedge to force his particular views on the population. The man is an ego maniac, not really concerned about his daughter at all!