Regarding not saying the pledge to the flag, in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943), the Supreme Court overturned a West Virginia law that compelled public school children to salute the flag and recite the Pledge. The Court said: If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein. If there are any circumstances which permit an exception, they … Continue reading The Right to Not Pledge to the Flag