] By an 8-0 vote, the justices overturned a controversial
] decision by a U.S. appeals court in California that
] reciting the phrase amounted to a violation of
] church-state separation.
]
] The ruling by the justices was based on the technicality
] that Newdow could not bring the case before the court
] because he did not have legal control over his daughter,
] on whose behalf he was arguing.

Bullet dodged...

Supreme Court Decides Pledge Case on Technicality