Question

Colorado passed a law requiring that all school children say the

Pledge of Allegiance every morning. The law was challenged as a violation of which civil liberties?
I. Free-exercise clause.
II. Right to petition.
III. Freedom of speech.
IV. Freedom of assembly.

A. I and III
B. I, II, and III
C. II and III
D. II, III, and IV
E. I, III, and IV

Answer 1

The law was challenged as a violation of civil liberties like the free-exercise clause and the freedom of speech.

Option: (A)

Explanation:

• The pledge required the students to say that they would practice allegiance to the nation under one god. This very idea that was part of the pledge was termed to be against the right to practice or not practice any religion.
• The pledge was compulsory for every student to recite which breached their right to speak or not speak something that they did not want to.