Civil Rights,
Government
Sep. 19, 2022
Coercing Religion – Part Two
All of the Justices in the majority in both Town of Greece and Kennedy were Christian. As life-long adherents of America's major religion, I doubt that any of them had ever faced the sort of thing I faced - and what the Jewish Justices likely faced at one time or another.
Myron Moskovitz
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Myron Moskovitz is author of Strategies On Appeal (CEB, 2021; digital: ceb.com; print: https://store.ceb.com/strategies-on-appeal-2) and Winning An Appeal (5th ed., Carolina Academic Press). He is Director of Moskovitz Appellate Team, a group of former appellate judges and appellate research attorneys who handle and consult on appeals and writs. See MoskovitzAppellateTeam.com. The Daily Journal designated Moskovitz Appellate Team as one of California's top boutique law firms. Myron can be contacted at myronmoskovitz@gmail.com or (510) 384-0354. Prior "Moskovitz On Appeal" columns can be found at http://moskovitzappellateteam.com/blog.
My most recent column discussed two U.S. Supreme Court cases, in which the majority ruled that (1) a city council did not violate the Establishment Clause by beginning each meeting by having a minister lead the audience in a Christian prayer, and (2) that a public high school football coach did not violate the Establishment Clause when he led his players in prayer on the 50-yard after each game. See Town of Greece, New York v. Galloway, 134 S.Ct. 1811 (2014) a...
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