Suit Challenges "In God We Trust" On Coins and Currencuy

The Freedom From Religion Foundation, New York City Atheists, and 18 individual plaintiffs filed suit early last month in New York federal district court challenging on Establishment Clause, as well as other constitutional and statutory grounds, the use of the phrase "In God We Trust" on the nation's coins and currency.  The 78-page complaint (full text) in Newdow v. Congress of the United States, (SD NY, filed 2/1/2013), is described by an FFRF press release issued yesterday as "a tour de force of historical research, [which] unequivocally shows that there was a purely religious purpose and intent behind putting God on our coinage."  Honorary FFRF board member Mike Newdow is acting as legal counsel in the suit. First-named plaintiff, Rosalyn Newdow is apparently Michael Newdows mother. (Background). In 2006, Michael Newdow as plaintiff lost a similar challenge in a California federal district court suit. (See prior posting.)