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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.
The nation’s high court on Monday ruled in favor of Joseph Kennedy, a former assistant football coach at a public high school in Bremerton, Wash., who was suspended by the school district for ...
The conservative majority said football coach Joe Kennedy's prayers on the field were protected as free speech, and not an official promotion of religion. Supreme Court rules for coach whose ...
The prayers drew big crowds and protests, and the Bremerton, Washington, school district placed him on leave and then refused to renew his contract. Coach fired for praying on the field wins ...
The nation's highest count is hearing arguments about a former public high school football coach from Bremerton who wanted to kneel and pray on the field after games. Supreme Court tackles case ...
The Supreme Court ruled a high school football coach could pray on the field after games, a decision that could lead to more acceptance of religious expression at public schools.
The reoccurring battle between freedom of religion, and the separation of church and state played out again at the nation’s highest court. In a 6-3 ruling, the justices said former Bremerton ...
In April 2022, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case. [32] In June 2022, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the coach. In a 6-3 ruling, the Court held that the school district discriminated against Coach Kennedy and that his prayers are protected by the Constitution's guarantees of free speech and religious exercise. [33] [34]