36 U.S.C. § 302
National motto
“In God we trust” is the national motto.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2000–2026 · leading case: Harris v. Matthews, 643 S.E.2d 566 (N.C. 2007).
Harris v. Matthews, 643 S.E.2d 566 (N.C. 2007). “Additionally, "[t]he United States Congress has provided for the national motto reflecting our religious heritage, `In God we trust,' 36 U.S.C.A. § 302 (West 2001), and has mandated that it `shall' be inscribed onto our currency, 31 U.”
State v. Haselden, 577 S.E.2d 594 (N.C. 2003). “The United States Congress has provided for the national motto reflecting our religious heritage, "In God we trust," 36 U.S.C.A. § 302 (West 2001), and has mandated that it "shall" be inscribed onto our currency, 31 U.”
Myers v. Loudoun Cnty. Pub. Schs., 418 F.3d 395 (4th Cir. 2005). “In 1956 Congress made this slogan the National Motto, 36 U.S.C.A. § 302 (West 2001) and required its placement on all United States currency.”
Newdow v. Roberts, 603 F.3d 1002 (D.C. Cir. 2010). “These include: Congress's selection of "In God we trust” as the National Motto, 36 U.S.C. § 302 , the inclusion of "under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance, 4 U.”
Newdow v. U.S. Cong., 328 F.3d 466 (9th Cir. 2002). “See 36 U.S.C. § 302 . (" ‘In God we trust' is the nationalmotto.”
Lambeth v. Bd. of Commissioners of Davidson Cnty., 321 F. Supp. 2d 688 (M.D.N.C. 2004). “That history includes the adoption of the motto in 1956, see 36 U.S.C. § 302 , and, in 1865, the first congressionally-authorized inclusion of the phrase on United States coins.”
Newdow v. Cong. of the United States, 435 F. Supp. 2d 1066 (E.D. Cal. 2006). “In particular, plaintiff takes issue with the legislation set forth in 36 U.S.C. § 302 , 3 which provides that “In God We Trust” is the national motto, and in 31 U.”
Am. Civil Liberties Union v. Capitol Square Review & Advisory Bd., 210 F.3d 703 (6th Cir. 2000). “Congress enacted a law, now codified at 36 U.S.C. § 302 , declaring the national motto to be “In God we trust.”
Am. Civil Liberties Union v. Mercer Cnty., 432 F.3d 624 (6th Cir. 2005). “But however quizzical it may seem to include a poem written in 1814 in a display purported to be "foundational,” it would be arguably more absurd to include a copy of an amendment ratified in 1868.”
Am. Civil Liberties Union v. Capitol Square Review & Advisory Bd., 243 F.3d 289 (6th Cir. 2001). “If the test which the Supreme Court applied in Marsh is to be taken as our guide, then, Ohio’s God-centered motto clearly passes constitutional muster.”
JLF v. Tennessee State Bd. of Educ. (M.D. Tenn. 2022). “” 36 U.S.C. § 302 . Tennessee’s “National Motto in the Classroom Act,” see Tenn.”
Newdow v. Roberts, 603 F.3d 1002 (D.C. Cir. 2010). “These include: Congress's selection of "In God we trust" as the National Motto, 36 U.S.C. § 302 , the inclusion of "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, 4 U.”
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