Pledge Of Allegiance: Case Study

As a very high priced and respected legal advisor I would advise Ms. Charmander of her legal rights. I would also advise her of her duties as a teacher. In this scenario Ms. Charmander has an academic freedom to decide what she wants to teach in her classroom. She also feels as if the Pledge of Allegiance is promoting the endorsement of religion. Which is not allowed in a public school setting. Her students also have a 1st amendment right to hear and say the Pledge of Allegiance. The state cannot prevent people from practicing or expressing themselves as long as they are not disruptive. Ms. Charmander also has the responsibility to teach what the school has set in their curriculum. Teachers are generally allowed some of their own freedoms in how they deliver their curriculum. In this case it seems if the school is set on this particular subject. In fact
Charmander if a reasonable accommodation could be made. I would argue that there is indeed a secular purpose for reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. While her own personal views of the advancement of religion is a valid concern, I would see if there other ways around the situation. Would she be willing to have her class listen to the pledge via loudspeaker? Would she allow an individual student to lead the Pledge of Allegiance? I would also inform her that the school would have the right to provide a learning environment without disruption. I would then also inform her that school has the right to set its own curriculum. The children have the religious freedom to practice their own rights to expression as long as it is not disruptive. If she was unwilling to budge on anything I would say that the school has the right to fire her for not fulfilling her duties to teach the curriculum. As this is pointed out in my research on the Seventh District Courts decision. I would also say there doesn’t seem to a Supreme Court decision coming anytime soon that would serve as an all-encompassing Federal