David H. Remes, JD Biography
- Title:
- Former Partner of Covington & Burling LLP
- Position:
- Con to the question "Should the Words “under God” Be in the US Pledge of Allegiance?"
- Reasoning:
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“The problem is that young school children are quite likely to view the pledge as affirming the existence of God and national subordination to God. The reference to God is one of the few things in the pledge that children understand.”
AP News, Aug. 10, 2005
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Former Partner of Covington & Burling LLP
- Represented Edward Myers in the 4th Circuit case to strike down a Virginia law the required daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools, 2005
- Represented Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the American Civil Liberties Union as amici in Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow, 2004
- Taught a PLI course that addressed First Amendment and Commerce Clause issues, 2000
- Education:
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- JD, Harvard Law School, 1979
- BA, magna cum laude, Columbia College, 1976
- Other:
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- None found
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