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Forget the Bill of Rights, get right with the Ten Commandments. In a series of decisions, culminating today, the Court's conservative cabal has eliminated the establishment clause entirely. And they've not been subtle about it. They adopted what a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco, called “a deceitful narrative”.
"Over the last 60 years, the Supreme Court has rejected prayer in public schools, at least when it was officially required or part of a formal ceremony like a high school graduation. As recently as 2000, the court ruled that organized prayers led by students at high school football games violated the First Amendment’s prohibition of government establishment of religion.
“The delivery of a pregame prayer has the improper effect of coercing those present to participate in an act of religious worship,” Justice John Paul Stevens wrote for the majority." Supreme Court Sides With Coach Over Prayers on 50-Yard Line (NYT)
That was then. That was before Amy Coney Barrett was jammed onto the Court. "When the Supreme Court refused to hear an earlier appeal in the case in 2019, four justices expressed qualms about how Mr. Kennedy had been treated.
“The Ninth Circuit’s understanding of the free speech rights of public-school teachers is troubling and may justify review in the future,” Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wrote at the time, adding that the justices should wait for more information about “important unresolved factual questions.” He was joined by Justices Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas." This time that group got reinforcements, so they went for it.
In a virtually unbroken string of decisions, the Court's Evangelical wing has upended centuries of tradition to eliminate any semblance of the Establishment Clause in deference to Christian supremacy. A Pro-Religion Court (NYT). "Since John Roberts became chief justice in 2005, the court has ruled in favor of religious organizations in orally argued cases 83 percent of the time. That is far more than any court in the past seven decades — all of which were led by chief justices who, like Roberts, were appointed by Republican presidents." Today it's close to 90%, but damned if I can find the exception.
"Over the last 60 years, the Supreme Court has rejected prayer in public schools, at least when it was officially required or part of a formal ceremony like a high school graduation. As recently as 2000, the court ruled that organized prayers led by students at high school football games violated the First Amendment’s prohibition of government establishment of religion.
“The delivery of a pregame prayer has the improper effect of coercing those present to participate in an act of religious worship,” Justice John Paul Stevens wrote for the majority." Supreme Court Sides With Coach Over Prayers on 50-Yard Line (NYT)
That was then. That was before Amy Coney Barrett was jammed onto the Court. "When the Supreme Court refused to hear an earlier appeal in the case in 2019, four justices expressed qualms about how Mr. Kennedy had been treated.
“The Ninth Circuit’s understanding of the free speech rights of public-school teachers is troubling and may justify review in the future,” Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wrote at the time, adding that the justices should wait for more information about “important unresolved factual questions.” He was joined by Justices Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas." This time that group got reinforcements, so they went for it.
In a virtually unbroken string of decisions, the Court's Evangelical wing has upended centuries of tradition to eliminate any semblance of the Establishment Clause in deference to Christian supremacy. A Pro-Religion Court (NYT). "Since John Roberts became chief justice in 2005, the court has ruled in favor of religious organizations in orally argued cases 83 percent of the time. That is far more than any court in the past seven decades — all of which were led by chief justices who, like Roberts, were appointed by Republican presidents." Today it's close to 90%, but damned if I can find the exception.
