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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Supreme Court hands the religious right a big victory by lying about the facts of a case
https://www.vox.com/2022/6/27/23184848/supreme-court-kennedy-bremerton-school-football-coach-prayer-neil-gorsuchThe Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District on Monday, overruling a 1971 case laying out how the government must keep its distance from religion.
But Justice Neil Gorsuchs opinion for himself and his fellow Republican appointees relies on a bizarre misrepresentation of the cases facts. He repeatedly claims that Joseph Kennedy, a former public school football coach at Bremerton High School in Washington state who ostentatiously prayed at the 50-yard line following football games often joined by his players, members of the opposing team, and members of the general public offered his prayers quietly while his students were otherwise occupied.
(Justice Brett Kavanaugh did not join a brief section of Gorsuchs opinion concerning the Constitutions free speech protections, but Gorsuch otherwise spoke for the Courts entire Republican majority.)
Because Gorsuch misrepresents the facts of this case, its hard to assess many of its implications.
The Courts decision to explicitly overrule Lemon v. Kurtzman, the 1971 decision that previously governed cases involving the Constitutions language prohibiting an establishment of religion, has obvious implications for future lawsuits: Lower court judges will no longer apply Lemons framework to establishment clause cases.
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The Supreme Court hands the religious right a big victory by lying about the facts of a case (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Jun 2022
OP
At least a future Supreme Court will have a good reason for overturning this decision
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2022
#2
100% guarantee The Satanic Temple will ask to say prayers at games/schools.
Cuthbert Allgood
Jun 2022
#4
dchill
(38,468 posts)1. Conservative motto: "Just Fucking Lie."
muriel_volestrangler
(101,297 posts)2. At least a future Supreme Court will have a good reason for overturning this decision
"Gorsuch lied" or (more generously) "Gorsuch didn't understand the facts in the case".
Nevilledog
(51,067 posts)3. As long as you do air quotes around *understand*.
Cuthbert Allgood
(4,916 posts)4. 100% guarantee The Satanic Temple will ask to say prayers at games/schools.
I hope people of all kinds of non-Christian denominations do the same.