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Appellate Practice

Jun. 21, 2000

Supreme Court Strikes Down Student Prayers

WASHINGTON - Filling in another part of the school-prayer puzzle, the Supreme Court Monday ruled, 6-3, that student-led prayer at public-school functions violates the First Amendment's Establishment Clause if the school system "affirmatively" sponsors it .

By David F. Pike
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        WASHINGTON - Filling in another part of the school-prayer puzzle, the Supreme Court Monday ruled, 6-3, that student-led prayer at public-school functions violates the First Amendment's Establishmen...

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