Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge FERNANDEZ.
OPINION
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:
Michael Newdow appeals a judgment dismissing his challenge to the constitutionality of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Newdow argues that the addition of these words by a 1954 federal statute to the previous version of the Pledge of Allegiance (which made no reference to God) and the daily recitation in the classroom of the Pledge...
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