In late June, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two decisions in cases involving disputes over religious liberty in the school setting. First, in Carson v. Makin, No. 20-1088 (June 21, 2022), in an opinion by Chief Justice Roberts, the court ruled that the “nonsectarian” requirement for participation in Maine’s tuition assistance program violated the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause, which provides that “Congress shall make no law … prohibiting the free exercise” of religion.

Days later, in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, No. 21-418 (June 27, 2022), in an opinion by Justice Gorsuch, the court ruled that the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause as well as the First Amendment’s Free Speech Clause, which provides that “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech,” protected a high school football coach’s post-game sideline prayers.

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