[RJCogburn]

I think a much more likely way to remove the judges would be for the Congress to start considering the funding of the Ninth Circuit and whether or not it wants to split the circuit in two, as has been suggested in the past. The two judges might be allowed to know that the Congress will drop these matters, but only if they resign.

I don't think it is a good idea to have Congress play those kinds of games when decisions that may be odious come down....separation of powers or something. What the justices did may not be good or right, or it might be, but certainly seems within the right of the judicial branch.

[Eagle Eye]

I've not read the decision, but it seems that the only way the pledge could be 'unconstitutional' is if it were mandated by Congress, and even then it is still an odd ruling. The court cannot prevent anyone from reciting it, neither can Congress.

So the bed-wetting atheist in california won't have to make his daughter recite it. So what? Other than make fools of themselves, what is the practical implication of this decision?

[rwfromkansas]

When judges stop interpreting the Constitution, but making up their own law, there has to be a way to control the damn bastards.