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The Respondent, Barnette (Respondent), is a Jehovah’s Witness who refused to pledge allegiance the United States flag while in public school. According to the Petitioner, the West Virginia State Board of Education’s (Petitioner), rule, the Respondent was expelled from.
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943), is a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court holding that the First Amendment protects students from being compelled to salute the American flag or say the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools.
APPEAL from a decree of a District Court of three judges enjoining the enforcement of a regulation of the West Virginia State Board of Education requiring children in the public schools to salute the American flag. MR. JUSTICE JACKSON delivered the opinion of the Court.
A timeline of Supreme Court history, including the Marshall and Warren Courts + landmark cases: West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, and significant rulings in women’s rights court cases.
Barnette and others (plaintiffs) filed suit on behalf of public school children and teachers in federal district court, alleging that the compulsory salutation of the flag under the West Virginia statute violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette Case Brief Summary: Jehovah's Witnesses disagreed with a West Virginia law that required students to recite the pledge with a stiff-arm salute, so they filed a lawsuit. The Supreme Court ruled in their favor.
21 lut 2024 · Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943), is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that held that the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution protected students from being forced to salute the American flag and say the Pledge of Allegiance in school.
