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SCOTUS Should Not Allow Students To Be Pressured To Pray To Play!
Establishment Clause, First Amendment, Prayer in School Teddy Basham-Witherington Establishment Clause, First Amendment, Prayer in School Teddy Basham-Witherington

SCOTUS Should Not Allow Students To Be Pressured To Pray To Play!

Joseph Kennedy was an assistant football coach at Bremerton High School, a public school in the State of Washington. For years, Kennedy led his team in prayers, both before and after games. When the School District learned what he was doing, it asked him to stop. The District made sure to let Kennedy know that it would find ways to accommodate his religious practice that did not make students feel pressure to participate. But Kennedy’s lawyers made clear that he would accept nothing less than capitulation by the School District: He must be allowed to continue to pray at the 50-yard line at the end of every game, joined by students. The district court and Ninth Circuit rightly rejected that demand—twice—but the Supreme Court has now granted cert.

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Forced Arbitration: How Your Legal Rights Are Being Eliminated
Forced Arbitration, Class Actions Teddy Basham-Witherington Forced Arbitration, Class Actions Teddy Basham-Witherington

Forced Arbitration: How Your Legal Rights Are Being Eliminated

You need full access to the courts to hold the wealthy and the powerful accountable. That right is being eroded before your very eyes. It must remain available to all of us if we are to continue challenging discrimination in our country and ensuring that ordinary people are not forced into a black box, privatized, justice system designed by and to serve corporate America.

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