Supreme Court Rules On Town Meeting Prayers
Posted: May 5, 2014 Filed under: Appellate Law | Tags: coercion, establishment of religion, first amendment Leave a commentA divided (5-4) United States Supreme Court ruled today that a small town in New York that opened virtually every single town meeting since 1999 with a prayer expressly invoking Jesus as lord and savior did not run afoul of the First Amendment prohibition against government establishment of religion.