Monday, July 1, 2002 The Pledge of Allegiance: Watershed Moment or Factious Fad? by John H. Armstrong Over the last twenty years the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has earned a reputation for being wrong more than any other federal appeals court in the United States. The court struck again last week when it ruled, by a two to one vote, that the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance makes it unconstitutional to recite the historic oath in our public schools. The court, based in San Francisco, ruled that the phrase is unconstitutional because it fails...