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House votes to shield under God pledge from court challenges
The House backed a bill six weeks before the election to bar federal courts from hearing cases challenging the words under God in the Pledge of Allegiance. GOP sponsors argue Congress has authority to limit court jurisdiction, while Democrats call it election-year grandstanding. The pledge has included under God since 1954.
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