The conservative supermajority could only reach the conclusion it did by lying about the facts.
in 2005. The gist is that the government violates the establishment clause when a “reasonable observer” would view its actions as endorsing religion.For decades, conservative judges have criticized this rule as unjustifiably hostile toward religion in the public square. Now they have prevailed: In his opinion for the court, Gorsuch overruledas well as its “offshoot,” the endorsement test, wiping out dozens of precedents in one fell swoop.
, the Supreme Court has compelled judges to become amateur historians, substituting bright-line legal standards for mushy and subjective appeals to “tradition.”Previously, the Supreme Court was sensitive to the “subtle coercive pressure” that school officials exert when practicing their faith alongside their students. NoGorsuch then declared that Bremerton School District violated Kennedy’s free speech and free exercise rights by asking him to pray privately or off-the-job.
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