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ACLU Wins First Stage in Court: Students and Teachers Cannot Be Forced to Recite Pledge of Allegiance

On August 15, 2003, the Honorable Lewis Babcock, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, granted the ACLU's request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) barring the State of Colorado and four local school districts from enforcing Colorado's mandatory Pledge of Allegiance law. Judge Babcock found that the law, which required all public school students and teachers to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at the beginning of every school day, was very likely to be found in violation of the Constitution.

Is Your School Still Enforcing the Pledge of Allegiance Statue? Let the ACLU Know!

Aug 12, 2003 - ACLU Challenges Colorado Law Requiring Teachers and Students to Recite the Pledge of Allegiance

The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado (ACLU) filed suit today in federal district court in Denver challenging the constitutionality of the new Colorado statute requiring teachers and students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance each day in all Colorado public schools.

HB 03-1368, Colorado's mandatory Pledge law

Complaint, filed August 12, 2003

ACLU Brief in Support of Temporary Restraining Order

ACLU Reply Brief in Support of Temporary Restraining Order

Transcript of Judge Nottingham's oral ruling, August 15, 2003