Texas AG opposes students who have not pledged allegiance

A Texas school district got support from the state attorney general after the administrators expelled a black student who refused to run for the oath of allegiance.

India Landry was expelled from Windfern High School in October 2017 as a result of a protracted protest against the Pledge of Allegiance, invoking racial injustice. "This is not the NFL," she reported to a school official.

Landry's mother sued the school district on behalf of her daughter, arguing that her deportation was racist and violated her constitutional rights.

"I felt that the flag did not represent what it represented, namely freedom and justice for all, and I do not feel what is happening in the country. "It was a silent protest."

It's rare for a state attorney general to intervene in a civil rights case, said Landry's lawyer Randall L. Kallinen. "The reason he's attacked this case is that it's election time," said Kallinen. "It's an attempt to rally the troops."

State Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement, "Schoolchildren can not unilaterally refuse to participate in the pledge."

"To demand that the promise be recited at the beginning of each school day has the laudable result of encouraging respect for our flag and the patriotic love of our country," Paxton said. "This case concerns the declaration of the oath of allegiance while respecting the parental right to direct the education of children."

The trial is scheduled to take place in April.