Supreme Court To Weigh In On Legislative Prayers

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1. There is a concept in Constitutional

Law that probably covers this activity, known as 'ceremonial deism'. Courts have held in the past that such phrases as "God save this honorable court" and similar are not violations of the First Amendment and are really not religious imprecations but rather ceremonial deism, i.e. just words without constitutional import. I would not be at all surprised to see this court go 5-4 to sustain the practice (although I personally disagree with it).