Reasoning of the court

The Supreme Court dismissed the case due to Newdow not having the right to speak for his daughter since he was is the middle of a divorce and losing parental control.

When congress passed their bill they listed many historical reasons in which it states the importance of God and religion in American government and history. One being Thomas Jefferson who wrote “God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the Gift of God. That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever." Also the phrase “The Year of our Lord” in Article VII of the Constitution would render the entire Constitution unconstitutional.

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