Right != Popular
God stoppers. The 9th Circuit judges who struck down the Pledge may be the most unpopular people in America right now. There's just one catch: They're right.
It sucks that the decision was stayed simply because people are having a hissy fit. What if this had happened during Roe v. Wade? If you don't like it, bring another court case to challenge the decision. That is how the system works. Well, at least that's the way it used to work.
