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Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 2004

Page

44

The Southern Illinoisan Letters Policy and Contact Details

Publisher and editors at The Southern Illinoisan outline submission rules for Voice of the Reader letters. Letters under 250 words must be signed with author name and hometown and include a verifiable phone number. The policy notes editing rights, disallowing poetry and mass submissions, and provides contact details and office hours.

Supreme Court sidesteps Pledge case over God reference

The court ruled Michael Newdowlacked full custody of his daughter and thus lacked standing to sue over the Pledge of Allegiance. Observers say the decision postpones a broader constitutional ruling, signaling only a temporary respite amid ongoing debates about church and state in America.

U.S. Supreme Court California Michael Newdow Illinois

Debating God in the Pledge and American faith

The piece defends keeping a reference to God in the Pledge of Allegiance as part of tradition and national culture. It argues against removing religious language from public life, while backing individual freedom to abstain. It cautions against government neutrality toward religion becoming anti religious.

Newdow God America

Justices split as Pledge ruling delays merits questions

Justice Stevens leads a 5 3 ruling delaying a constitutional decision on the Pledge of Allegiance as a 9th Circuit panel’s stance triggers debate. A second opinion about Arizona tax credits for religious schools raises federal limits under the Tax Injunction Act, with dissents warning of broader state autonomy impacts.

Supreme Court John Paul Stevens Ruth Bader Ginsburg California Arizona 9Th Circuit Michael A. Newdow Elk Grove Alfred T. Goodwin Stephen Reinhardt Ferdinand Fernandez Newdow Picayune Justice Stevens Sandra Banning Circuit Court Stevens William Rehnquist Sandra Day O’connor Clarence Thomas High Court Ginsburg Anthony Kennedy Antonin Scalia God

Kerry Flip Flops and Bush Flexibility in 2004 Race

Clarence Page surveys how both campaigns portray flip flops and shifting positions. He notes Kerry’s long Senate record and Bush aides who echo contrasting lines, from budget priorities to Iraq policy, highlighting the thin line between flexibility and flip flop in a heated election year.

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