Study Questions

1. Should phrases like "In God We Trust" and "under God" be removed from currency and the pledge of allegiance? Is the inclusion of these phrases in violation of the separation of church and state?
2. Reflecting on Barnette, in what contexts should the interests of the State be tantamount to the interests of the individual? Is there a necessary tradeoff between achieving national unity and exercising one's right to civilly disobey to perform a symbolic gesture that is against one's beliefs?
3. "Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard" (458). Are there exceptions to this?