Michael Newdow
Respondent
In Pro PerOne day in November 1997, as Michael Newdow was buying soap, he glanced at a $20 bill he had pulled from his wallet. On it, he read the U.S. motto, "In God We Trust." Soon Newdow, an atheist, was noticing examples everywhere of government endorsement of religion. When Newdow’s five-year-old daughter entered kindergarten in the Elk Grove Unified School District and he found out she was required daily to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, which contains the words "One Nation, under God," Newdow decided to take action. The emergency room physician, who received a law degree from the…
