{"id":2408,"date":"2002-06-28T09:38:30","date_gmt":"2002-06-28T14:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=2408"},"modified":"2002-06-28T09:38:30","modified_gmt":"2002-06-28T14:38:30","slug":"pledge_law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/06\/28\/pledge_law.html","title":{"rendered":"Pledge Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

The “law” that’s involved here is US Code Title 4, Section 4<\/a> (a\/k\/a 4 U.S.C. \u00a74): <\/p>\n

Sec. 4. – Pledge of allegiance to the flag; manner of delivery
\nThe Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, ”I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”, should be rendered by standing at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. When not in uniform men should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart. Persons in uniform should remain silent, face the flag, and render the military salute.<\/p>\n

Actually, all of 4 U.S.C. is kind of interesting, and noteworthy in both its unenforceability and its frequent breaches (most particularly the use of the flag in advertising).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The “law” that’s involved here is US Code Title 4, Section 4 (a\/k\/a 4 U.S.C. \u00a74): Sec. 4. – Pledge of allegiance to the flag; manner of delivery The Pledge…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-law"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2415,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/06\/27\/fun_pledge_fact.html","url_meta":{"origin":2408,"position":0},"title":"Fun Pledge Facts","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 27-Jun-02 3:32pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Just to show that the Pledge is hardly on a scale with the Ten Commandments when it comes to age and inviolability ... 1892: I pledge allegiance to my Flag...","rel":"","context":"In "Politics & Law"","block_context":{"text":"Politics & Law","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":45010,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/08\/history-is-sometimes-surprising.html","url_meta":{"origin":2408,"position":1},"title":"History is sometimes surprising","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 8-Sep-14 1:39am","format":false,"excerpt":"Generations of growing up doing the Pledge of Allegiance with hand over heart creates an mental image of it always having been done that way.But until World War II, the tradition (indeed, flag law itself (https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Public_Law_77-623#Sec._7.) was to perform the Pledge using the \"Bellamy salute\" -- a tradition that was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2411,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/06\/28\/waxed_pledge.html","url_meta":{"origin":2408,"position":2},"title":"Waxed Pledge","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 28-Jun-02 7:11am","format":false,"excerpt":"More interesting history of the Pledge of Allegience in the pages of Reason. Among other tidbits are indications that the Pledge may have been used to sell more flag, and...","rel":"","context":"In "Politics & Law"","block_context":{"text":"Politics & Law","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":134986,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/07\/political-speech-cannot-compelled-state.html","url_meta":{"origin":2408,"position":3},"title":"Political speech cannot be compelled by the state","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 7-Oct-17 5:44pm","format":false,"excerpt":"And that includes some publc school districts levying punishment to student athletes who take a knee during the national anthem. You cannot force someone by law or other threat of state punishment to express (or not express) political sentiment. That includes patriotic displays. 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