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Deseret News
December 5, 2017
Three years later the Supreme Court did something it rarely does. In West Virginia v. Barnette, it explicitly reversed itself, holding that it is unconstitutional to compel speech inconsistent with the speaker's religious beliefs. In another case involving Jehovah's Witness schoolchildren and the American flag, theÃÂ ...
New York Times
December 4, 2017
Most famously, in West Virginia v. Barnette (1943), it barred a state from denying Jehovah's Witnesses the right to attend public schools if they refused to salute the flag. In Wooley v. Maynard (1977), the court prevented New Hampshire from denying people the right to drive if they refused to display onÃÂ ...
CNN
October 12, 2017
In West Virginia v. Barnette (1943) the Supreme Court held that public school students have a First Amendment right to remain silent during the pledge and, by extension, any patriotic rite. Following this edict, many districts echo the New York City Public Schools Student Bill of Rights, clearly stating thatÃÂ ...
The Economist (blog)
September 29, 2017
The students' request was based on their reading of a line in the Book of Exodus that prohibits paying homage to a graven image, but in West Virginia v Barnette, the Supreme Court painted the matter in far broader terms. Barnette powerfully explains why mandated professions of belief clash with the FirstÃÂ ...
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
September 27, 2017
Freedom of expression also means Americans cannot be compelled to recite the Pledge of Allegiance or salute the flag. During World War II, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned those West Virginia requirements when challenged by Jehovah's Witnesses. Writing for a 6-3 majority in West Virginia v. BarnetteÃÂ ...
HuffPost
September 24, 2017
If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein. —West Virginia v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624, 642 (1943)ÃÂ ...
Constitution Daily (blog)
June 14, 2017
Children and young people are often the ones brave enough to challenge the constitutional status quo. In Supreme Court cases like Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District and Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, students' fearlessness pushed the issue of free speech in public schools intoÃÂ ...
York Dispatch
October 12, 2017
Roper also cited a 74-year-old ruling by the Supreme Court — West Virginia v. Barnette — that ruled students have a right to refuse to ...
The Vermilion
October 4, 2017
One Louisiana school is already banning kneeling during the anthem (this is likely illegal due to West Virginia v. Barnette and Tinker v.
Patheos (blog)
October 1, 2017
This is not the least bit controversial as a matter of law, it was settled 75 years ago in West Virginia v Barnette that schools cannot force students ...
Courthouse News Service
September 29, 2017
by the Supreme Court in 1942, in West Virginia v. Barnette, in which Justice Robert Jackson wrote: “If there is any fixed star in our constitutional ...
The Economist (blog)
September 29, 2017
... that prohibits paying homage to a graven image, but in West Virginia v Barnette, the Supreme Court painted the matter in far broader terms.
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
September 27, 2017
Writing for a 6-3 majority in West Virginia v. Barnette, Justice Robert Jackson stated, “Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter ...
HuffPost
September 24, 2017
—West Virginia v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624, 642 (1943) (Justice Robert ... It is their famous case of West Virginia v. Barnette that tells us why ...
Constitution Daily (blog)
June 14, 2017
In West Virginia v. Barnette, the Court's Minersville decision was overruled. Justice Robert Jackson wrote the 6-3 majority opinion, with ...
The Vermilion
October 4, 2017
One Louisiana school is already banning kneeling during the anthem (this is likely illegal due to West Virginia v. Barnette and Tinker v.
Patheos (blog)
October 1, 2017
This is not the least bit controversial as a matter of law, it was settled 75 years ago in West Virginia v Barnette that schools cannot force studentsÃÂ ...
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
September 27, 2017
Writing for a 6-3 majority in West Virginia v. Barnette, Justice Robert Jackson stated, “Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matterÃÂ ...
HuffPost
September 24, 2017
—West Virginia v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624, 642 (1943) (Justice Robert ... It is their famous case of West Virginia v. Barnette that tells us whyÃÂ ...
Patheos (blog)
September 16, 2017
West Virginia v Barnette is one of the most famous rulings in the nation's history and includes one of the most famous passages ever written.
Duke Today
August 23, 2017
In 1943, in West Virginia v. Barnette, reversing an earlier decision, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of children who on religious groundsÃÂ ...
HuffPost
August 19, 2017
As Justice Robert Jackson well-stated it in West Virginia v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943): “If there is any fixed star in our constitutionalÃÂ ...
Cincinnati.com
July 26, 2017
... which dates back to 1943 in a case called West Virginia v. Barnette, where it determined that Jehovah's Witnesses could not be compelled toÃÂ ...
Blogging Censorship (blog)
June 14, 2017
Dating back to 1943, the Supreme Court ruled in West Virginia v. Barnette that compelling public school students like those at Fuqua to saluteÃÂ ...
Constitution Daily (blog)
June 14, 2017
Children and young people are often the ones brave enough to challenge the constitutional status quo. In Supreme Court cases like Tinker v.
LawNewz
June 8, 2017
This dates back to the 1943 Supreme Court case West Virginia v. Barnette. They voted 6-3 on behalf of several students, all of whom wereÃÂ ...
LawNewz
June 8, 2017
This dates back to the 1943 Supreme Court case West Virginia v. Barnette. They voted 6-3 on behalf of several students, all of whom wereÃÂ ...
Blogging Censorship
September 29, 2016
In the 1943 case West Virginia v. Barnette, the Court noted that a compulsory flag salute such as the Pledge is tantamount to forcing students to declare a belief:ÃÂ ...
Blogging Censorship (blog)
September 20, 2016
... to remain seated during the Pledge (mandatory flag salutes were ruled unconstitutional in the landmark 1943 case West Virginia v. Barnette).
LawNewz
September 16, 2016
Since the 1943 Supreme Court case West Virginia v. Barnette, they have the right to not participate in the Pledge of Allegiance, andÃÂ ...
LawNewz
September 16, 2016
Since the 1943 Supreme Court case West Virginia v. Barnette, they have the right to not participate in the Pledge of Allegiance, andÃÂ ...
Huffington Post
May 24, 2016
In West Virginia v. Barnette (1943), the Court ruled that public schools must respect the First Amendment right of students not to participateÃÂ ...
Pew Research Center
September 4, 2013
That was made clear in a 1943 U.S. Supreme Court decision, West Virginia v. Barnette, in which Justice Robert Jackson wrote: “If there is anyÃÂ ...
Courthouse News Service
December 31, 1999
by the Supreme Court in 1942, in West Virginia v. Barnette, in which Justice Robert Jackson wrote: “If there is any fixed star in our constitutionalÃÂ ...
The Economist (blog)
December 31, 1999
... that prohibits paying homage to a graven image, but in West Virginia v Barnette, the Supreme Court painted the matter in far broader terms.
Duke Today
December 31, 1999
In 1943, in West Virginia v. Barnette, reversing an earlier decision, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of children who on religious groundsÃÂ ...
The Wire
January 13, 2017
In West Virginia v Barnette, Justice Robert Jackson of the US Supreme Court found the compulsory salute of the American flag impermissible as it would mean that the First Amendment to the US constitution "guards the individual's right to speak his own ...
Blogging Censorship
September 29, 2016
In the 1943 case West Virginia v. Barnette, the Court noted that a compulsory flag salute such as the Pledge is tantamount to forcing students to declare a belief: "to sustain the compulsory flag salute, we are required to say that a Bill of Rights ...
Blogging Censorship (blog)
September 20, 2016
... and Chicago should be commended for responding in a way that protects their students' long-recognized right to remain seated during the Pledge (mandatory flag salutes were ruled unconstitutional in the landmark 1943 case West Virginia v. Barnette).
Opposing Views
September 16, 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1943, West Virginia v. Barnette, that students cannot be forced participate in the pledge, notes the Cornell University Law School website.
LawNewz
September 16, 2016
Are you one of the many K-12 graders who, no doubt, read LawNewz.com on a daily basis? Want to join Colin Kaepernick's kneeling protest during the national anthem?
Colorado Springs Gazette
September 8, 2016
Go read West Virginia v. Barnette and get back to us later when you actually do get it. Gary Walraven: A family machine gun shoot is not morally wrong.
The Libertarian Republic
August 23, 2016
Most pertinent in the present case is that in West Virginia v. Barnette, the Supreme Court ruled that students hold a First Amendment right to refrain from reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
WatertownDailyTimes.com
August 17, 2016
That decision, West Virginia v. Barnette, is one of the most remarkable constitutional decisions in the court's history.
Salt Lake Tribune
August 14, 2016
That decision, West Virginia v. Barnette, is one of the most remarkable constitutional decisions in the court's history.
Napa Valley Register
August 14, 2016
That decision, West Virginia v. Barnette, is one of the most remarkable constitutional decisions in the court's history.
Chicago Tribune
June 7, 2016
That set the stage for the replay decision, West Virginia v. Barnette. This time the court went 8 to 1 in the opposite direction.
Huffington Post
May 24, 2016
In West Virginia v. Barnette (1943), the Court ruled that public schools must respect the First Amendment right of students not to participate when the class salutes the flag and recites the pledge of allegiance.
