
Supreme Court Hears Football Coach Prayer Case
Advisory Opinions
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Does the Am School Have an Establishment Clause Interest in Preventing Him From Speaking?
The case involves a high school football coach who wanted to pray after the game. He was told he couldn't do it, even though other players had joined him in prayer. The district argued that his speech is not protected by the first amendment. Sarah: There were two different cases being talked about at oral argument. I think there was no real argument over whether or not, if it's his official speech, that the school could prevent it on establishment clause grounds. If you're a teacher and you pray in front of your meal at the cafeteria, that's clearly your own speech and is going to have protection. But a public school teacher k through 12, speaking in their official capacity doesn
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