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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 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: The Establishment Clause prohibits student-initiated and student-led prayer at public schools.
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 .
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.
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.
Doe (plaintiff) filed suit against the Santa Fe Independent School District (Santa Fe) (defendant) on the grounds that this policy of permitting prayer before football games violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
Brief Fact Summary. A group of public high school students are opposed to pre-game prayers before football games. Synopsis of Rule of Law. The state cannot force sponsored religious activity on its citizens by forcing them to choose between attendance and their own constitutionally protected rights. Facts.
The Santa Fe Independent School District (District) is a political subdivision of the State of Texas, responsible for the education of more than 4,000 students in a small community in the southern part of the State.
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.