In its decision in the case of Kennedy v. Bremerton, the Supreme Court has sided with a coach who made students feel pressured to join him in prayer. Joseph Kennedy, a high school football coach in Washington state, was put on paid leave by the Bremerton School District in 2015 after the district learned he […]
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With today’s decision in Carson v. Makin, the Supreme Court has decided that taxpayer funds may be used to subsidize tuition at private religious schools, including schools that explicitly discriminate against LGBTQ+ and nonreligious students and teachers. At question is the option the State of Maine provides for parents that live in school districts which
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In March the White House presented its proposed $773 billion for defense in 2023, a four percent increase. The top Senate Republican on defense spending immediately stated that the budget “woefully” underfunded defense given the state of the world and the effects of inflation and said “That budget will go nowhere as is.” We could
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I’ve previously mentioned the Supreme Court case involving a high school football coach who led some players in prayer at the 50 yard line. The Court heard oral arguments this week and we were outside on the steps at a rally for the school district being sued by the coach. The Secular Coalition for America
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On February 27, 2019, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of the American Legion v. American Humanist Association. The case centers around a 40-foot-tall Christian cross on public property in Bladensburg, Maryland which serves as a World War I memorial. To date, maintenance of the monument has already cost the government $117,000
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Death Row inmate Domineque Ray hoped that when he took his final breath, he could find comfort in the presence of his Muslim spiritual adviser. But the Alabama prison where Ray was awaiting execution wouldn’t allow it. Prison officials would only allow their own Christian chaplain to offer the prisoner solace from inside the execution
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Next month, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in The American Legion v. American Humanist Association. The case involves the 40-foot-tall “Peace Cross” (a.k.a. the Bladensburg Cross), a World War I memorial in Prince George’s County, Maryland. While supporters of the cross say it’s a perfectly legal war memorial, the AHA argues that it’s
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The American Legion and its supporters recently filed initial briefs in The American Legion v. American Humanist Association, a Supreme Court case to be argued in February concerning the constitutionality of a four-foot, 90-year-old memorial cross displayed and maintained by a state agency in Bladensburg, Maryland. Depending on how the court rules, however, much more
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There are now six different cases implicating LGBTQ rights sitting before the Supreme Court. While the conservative-majority Court has not yet agreed to hear any of them, a circuit split between two of the cases and the fact that President Trump’s transgender military ban is at the heart of another strongly suggest at least one
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In the wake of the dumpster fire that was Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings, there was speculation in legal circles that the U.S. Supreme Court would lay low: It would avoid taking on controversial cases or overturning long-standing precedent. But the Court’s action earlier this month suggests that patience, restraint, and avoiding hot-button issues are
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