The above title is the title of a Legal Times blog that appeared on December 9 (“God” was in quotes).

The blog is about an emergency motion Mike Newdow and I filed asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to refrain from starting its session on December 15 with “God save the United States and this Honorable Court.”

That’s the date Newdow will argue on behalf of 250+ plaintiffs in Newdow v. Roberts that the infusion of religion into the presidential inaugural ceremonies — the oath administrator appending the presidential oath with “So help me God” and the invocation and benediction — violates the Constitution.

We based our motion on the issue of the appearance of justice. How can our clients expect justice when the U.S. Court of Appeals is engaging in similar religious practices?

While we lost the emergency appeal, Mike and I continue to explore alternatives to being coerced into listening to the court’s endorsement of religion.