Supreme Court: Fathers lack standing

Is this really so unexpected? The US Supreme Court dismissed the case of the father who sued the school district of the school his daughter was attending to allow her not to recite the Pledge of Allegiance using "under God". Regardless of whether or not you think the pledge should include that phrase, the point here is that the SC has affirmed what many of us already know either by experience or previous studies: fathers lack standing to make decisions for their kids. Note that the father in this case is in a custody battle with his ex-wife, the mother of his children. The SC decided he didn't have "sufficient custody" to give him standing. That he brought them as they are into the world apparently is not enough to give him standing.

You can bet your next paycheck that if a mom had brought the suit, they would not have dismissed it for that reason. Perhaps another, but not for that one.

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