Even if the amended opinion in some way reflected his original decision, it did not consist of a discussion of the legality of the 1954 Congressional Act The amended ruling was limited to narrower assertions about whether Newdow had the right to challenge the school district's policy of daily recitation of the pledge and whether it was constitutional. In that case, the court found that the daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance under the direction of teachers was a violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The court based its decision on the fact that such an act impermissibly forces a religious