“Supreme Court Leans Toward Coach in Case on School Prayer; Members of the court’s conservative majority indicated that the coach, Joseph A. Kennedy, had a constitutional right to kneel and pray at the 50-yard line after games”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.
Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court majority sympathetic to coach who prayed at midfield; But questions about Joe Kennedy’s actions and the school district’s reasons for disciplining him might lead to narrow resolution.”
David G Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court conservatives lean toward allowing football coach’s postgame prayers.”
Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Mulls Impact of High School Coach’s 50-Yard-Line Prayers; Justices weigh whether public praying ritual put pressure on players to join coach, in case that could reset boundary between church and state on campus.”
John Fritze of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court appears sympathetic to high school football coach ousted after midfield prayers; Associate Justice Elena Kagan, part of the court’s liberal wing, questioned whether players felt any pressure to join the coach’s religious expression.”
And Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court appears split ideologically over school-prayer dispute after coach was fired.”
The U.S. Supreme Court has posted online the transcript and audio of today’s oral argument in Kennedy v. Bremerton Sch. Dist., No. 21-418.
Posted at 10:10 PM by Howard Bashman