Ranar 31 ga Disamba, 2008, Newdow da wasu mutane 17, da kuma kungiyoyi 10 da ke wakiltar wadanda ba su yarda da wanzuwar Allah ba, sun kai karar Babban Alkali John G. Roberts da wasu da ke da hannu a rantsar da Barack Obama
a Kotun Gundumar Amurka ta Gundumar Columbia, tana neman hana Babban Alkalin daga cewa "don haka Allah ya taimake ni". Kundin Tsarin Mulki ya bayyana takamaiman wannan rantsuwar ofishin guda 35 ne kawai kuma bai haɗa da waɗannan kalmomin huɗu ba.