U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law
May 25, 2013
Justices still considering whether to take up establishment case
Deciding that their gymnasium was not an adequate venue to hold graduation, a high school in Wisconsin chose to move to a more accommodating venue -- a local evangelical church.
Charles S. Doskow
Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law
University of La Verne College of Law
Email: dosklaw@aol.com
Harvard Law School
Charles is a past president of the Inland Empire Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and in 2012 was awarded the chapter's Erwin Chemerinsky Defender of the Constitution award.
As graduation approached during the spring of 2000, the senior class of Central High school, in Brookfield, Wis., decided that the gymnasium of the school, which had been for many years the scene of commencement ceremonies, was not an adequate venue. It was hot and uncomfortable, not air conditioned, and the audience was packed onto wooden benches, obviously unsuitable for a suburban Milwaukee high school.
The students wanted the ceremony moved, and requested that the school consi...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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