FILE – Joe Kennedy, a former assistant football coach at Bremerton High School in Bremerton, Wash., poses for a photo March 9, 2022, at the school's football field. The Supreme Court has sided with a football coach from Washington state who sought to kneel and pray on the field after games. The court ruled 6-3 along ideological lines for the coach. The justices said Monday the coach's prayer was protected by the First Amendment. Photo: Ted S. Warren/AP Justices Rule Ex-Football Coach Can Pray on High School's 50-Yard Line After Games
"Here, a government entity sought to punish an individual for engaging in a brief, quiet, personal religious observance doubly protected by the Free Exercise and Free Speech Clauses of the First Amendment," Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote.
June 27, 2022 at 10:52 AM
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What You Need to Know
- The justices ruled that a Washington state school district violated the ex-coach's speech and free exercise of religion rights.
- Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the 6-3 majority decision, which also said the court had abandoned the so-called
- Justice Sonia Sotomayor led the dissent, writing that the majority had again elevated the free exercise clause above the establishment clause.
A Washington state public school district violated the constitutional rights of a former football coach by barring him from praying on the field at the end of games, a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday.
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