The body of your essay focuses on the thesis stated in the introduction. Regardless of whether the student argues the Supreme Court would find “under God” to be constitutional or not, the analysis must go through and examine whether “under God” passes or fails all three components of the Lemon Test, making certain to include a minimum of one distinct court case per test. Put another way, students are expected to use a minimum of three total court cases for their argument, but are encouraged to utilize as many listed cases as needed, in order to make a thorough and objective argument.
https://www.oyez.org/cases/2003/02-1624
https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2004/03/19/under-god-pledge-of-allegiance-constitutionality/
- Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962)
- Abington School District v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203 (1963)
- Wallace v. Jaffree, 472 U.S. 38 (1985)
- Locke v. Davey, No. 021315 (2004)
- Van Orden v. Perry, 545 U.S. 677 (2005)
- McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union of Ky., 545 U.S. 844 (2005)