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Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case of Fla. Christian School Prayer
19 Nov 2025 21:18 GMT
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case of Cambridge Christian School, a Tampa school that challenged the Florida High School Athletic Association’s (FHSAA) decision to bar them from praying over a loudspeaker before a championship game.
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Court turns down hearing cases on prison construction, school prayer
17 Nov 2025 18:29 GMT
Over the objections of three justices, the Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal from the sheriff of New Orleans in a dispute over the city’s obligation to build a new facility for inmates with mental health issues. The dispute began more than a …
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Supreme Court won’t hear football prayer loudspeaker case
19 Nov 2025 14:53 GMT
… the high court in recent years related to school prayer and speech …
It also preserves a ruling from 2000 in Santa Fe … with students, the Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision … members’ social media activity — justices ruled that public officials’ decision to …
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Grossmont Union High school board toned down controversial school prayer and protest policies
11 Oct 2025 03:09 GMT
In a series of last-minute revisions Thursday, the Grossmont Union High School District board reworked two proposed policies on public protests and prayer in schools.
One proposal had aimed to loosen the district’s rules on when and how teachers and staff …
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Grossmont Union High School District board to consider school prayer, protest proposals
09 Oct 2025 14:26 GMT
Grossmont Union High School District board members will address several hot-button issues Thursday, including proposals that address religious expression in schools, library leadership changes and rules regarding protests at board meetings.
Topping the …
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Brett Kavanaugh Has a Clear Conflict in School Prayer Case. Will He Recuse Himself?
22 Sep 2025 13:34 GMT
“Absolutist,” “hostile,” “Orwellian,” “full extermination,” “cleanse public schools.” These are some of the words and phrases an attorney used to argue in favor of imposing Christian prayers on students at public high school football games in what would …
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President Trump's school prayer proposal advances religious showdown
15 Sep 2025 13:52 GMT
Sept. 15 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump announced his intention to bring prayer into public schools, furthering a conservative push to mandate religious symbols and practices in public schools.
The president's announcement that he will direct the …
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How Trump’s Forthcoming Guidance on Public School Prayer Could Alter Existing Court Precedent
10 Sep 2025 04:51 GMT
… public school prayer jurisprudence until 2022, when the court largely … establishment clause.
Since-retired Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, … . The court largely abandoned the Lemon Test, ruling instead … case. The Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution neither …
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Trump vows to protect school prayer: ‘Ridiculous’ to punish students for religious beliefs
08 Sep 2025 23:16 GMT
… before the student won a court battle.
“I’m pleased to … the first new guidance on school prayer since 2003.
The guidance detailed … said as he introduced the rules. “We will uphold religious liberty …
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Trump Says Ed. Dept. Will Release New Guidance on School Prayer
08 Sep 2025 21:20 GMT
The U.S. Department of Education will soon put out guidance around “protecting the right to prayer” in schools, President Donald Trump announced Monday—an effort that comes amid a number of states pushing up against the church-state divide, but one that …