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To: Rambi who wrote (144311)10/24/2005 2:32:36 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 793900
 
"I don't believe that the constitution is whatever the supreme court says it is."

That is such an interesting comment. I would think that's exactly what it is. Or rather, it is whatever the current interpretation is at the time.

The two are not the same. The supreme court can just be flat out wrong.

There are ambigous points in the constitution, but I really don't see this as one of them. It doesn't quite raise to the level of the almost entirely invented specific interpretation of privacy in some other court decisions, but it isn't very far from that.

There is a law that teachers and coaches can't lead prayer.

My understanding was that he joined in to the prayer, not that he led it or asked for it. It would seem that not allowing him to join in would go up against the free exercise clause.

It would be establishment if a prayer or other religious observence was a formal policy, or if anyone was punished for not participating, or just told they must participate. This case was enough to be problematic, and possibly insensitive (if any of the team members did have a problem with the prayer) but not establishment. An established church is "a church recognized by law as the official church of a nation or state and supported by civil authority", not a coach praying with his players.
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