Hundreds of thousands of newly minted citizens pledge allegiance each year during the U.S. naturalization ceremony.

In 1892, Francis Bellamy, a minister from upstate New York, reportedly wrote the pledge as an expression of fealty to the U.S. It read: "I pledge allegiance to my flag and the republic for which ...

Each has decades of experience on the bench. Goodwin, 79, who was appointed by Nixon, wrote the Pledge of Allegiance ruling. It said the Pledge violated the First Amendment because the words one n ...

I had asked her to come to the Twin Cities after she wrote a superb syndicated column ... city-council meetings should open with the Pledge of Allegiance. Council members and others who oppose ...

People For The American Way (PFAW) released an ad on YouTube that reveals what the Pledge of Allegiance could look like if ...

Barnette. . . that the First Amendment forbids compelling saluting or pledging allegiance to the flag,” she wrote. Arnold appealed to the Fifth Circuit. But a three-judge panel found it lacked ...

Barnette that schoolchildren can't be forced to say the Pledge of Allegiance. One Maryland elementary ... a senior program officer at FIRE, wrote in a legal letter to the school last week.