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Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, 597 U.S. 507 (2022), is a landmark decision [1] by the United States Supreme Court in which the Court held, 6–3, that the government, while following the Establishment Clause, may not suppress an individual from engaging in personal religious observance, as doing so would violate the Free Speech and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment.
Further correspondence on October 23 made clear that the only option it would offer Kennedy was to allow him to pray after a game in a "private location" behind closed doors and "not observable to students or the public." After the game on October 26, Kennedy "knelt alone to offer a brief prayer as the players engaged in postgame traditions." [2]
I've reviewed the various opinions the Court issued in American Legion, and my confidence in my previous comment--and Sotomayor's characterization of the state of play of Lemon prior to Kennedy--is bolstered. it looks like a strong case for saying the Court stopped shy in American Legion of overruling Lemon (which therefore makes Kennedy the ...
In its 2022 opinion in Kennedy v. Bremerton, the court abandoned prior standards for determining if government action violates the establishment clause of the First Amendment, and it did so ...
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In my opinion, Kennedy v. Bremerton School District is a landmark case. My reasoning: Vox has stated that it overturned Lemon v. Kurtzman here The ruling in here also made multiple references that it sees Lemon as "ahistorical", "disfavored" and should be abandoned.
In a landmark gay marriage decision, Kennedy wrote for a sharply divided court that same-sex couples have the right to marry anywhere in the United States. A look at some of Justice Kennedy's most ...