[Bandolier]

It can ban it when you have the authority to force subordinate people to join you in your "voluntary speech."
The ruling did not say that teachers cannot pledge allegiance, merely that they cannot lead students in doing so. The history of the pledge, since 1954, shows that it is clearly a propoganda tool. We decry liberal brainwashing in the schools, but love brainwashing them when it is something we believe in.

[Southack]

"It can ban it when you have the authority to force subordinate people to join you in your "voluntary speech." The ruling did not say that teachers cannot pledge allegiance, merely that they cannot lead students in doing so."

The ruling said that teachers could not engage in free speech while in front of students. That's unconstitutional.