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One Mormon and one Catholic family filed suit challenging this practice and others under the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The District Court enjoined the public Santa Fe Independent School District (the District) from implementing its policy as it stood.
Santa Fe Independent School Dist. v. Doe: The Establishment Clause prohibits student-initiated and student-led prayer at public schools.
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on June 19, 2000, ruled (6–3) that a Texas school board policy that allowed “student-led, student-initiated prayer” before varsity high-school football games was a violation of the First Amendment’s establishment.
Santa Fe Independent School Dist. v. Doe, 530 U.S. 290 (2000), was a case heard before the United States Supreme Court. It ruled that a policy permitting student-led, student-initiated prayer at high school football games violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment .
Through its election scheme, the District has established a governmental mechanism that turns the school into a forum for religious debate and empowers the student body majority to subject students of minority views to constitutionally improper messages.
In Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe, 530 U.S. 290 (2000), the Supreme Court ruled that a school policy of beginning football games with a prayer led by a nominated student body representative violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment.
SANTA FE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST. v. DOE, 530 U.S. 290 (2000) Citation: 530 U.S. 290. Docket No: No. 99-62. Argued: March 29, 2000. Decided: June 19, 2000. Court: United States Supreme Court
The District Court permitted respondents (Does) to litigate anonymously to protect them from intimidation or harassment. 1. Respondents commenced this action in April 1995 and moved for a temporary restraining order to prevent the District from violating the Establishment Clause at. the imminent graduation exercises.
the District Court entered an order modifying the policy to permit only nonsectarian, nonproselytizing prayer. The Fifth Circuit held that, even as modiļ¬ed by the District Court, the football prayer policy was invalid. Held: The District’s policy permitting student-led, student-initiated prayer
Case Summary of Santa Fe Independent School Dist. v. Doe: Santa Fe High School had a student school chaplain, approved by the school administration, who would read prayers over the public announcement system before home football games.