A federal judge in Wisconsin has struck down as unconstitutional a law that gives clergy tax-free housing allowances.

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing prayers to be delivered before public town meetings divided the justices in two ways: in the result and in the standard that applies in determining whether public prayers violate the Establishment Clause.

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The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court faced the task of drawing a line between permissible religious addresses by private citizens at public meetings and unconstitutional government-sanctioned prayer during Wednesday’s oral arguments in Town of Greece v. Galloway, No. 12-696.

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In a case that could have repercussions from a small upstate New York town to the legislative floor of Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether prayers at open public meetings violate the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause.

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10-2922 Doe v. Elmbrook School District

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11-1566 Sherman v. State of Illinois

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The Supreme Court ruled Monday that it would not hear an appeal of a ruling that 12-foot-high crosses along Utah highways in honor of dead state troopers violate the Constitution.

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Many years ago, I attended a public high school student’s graduation ceremony out in what I consider the sticks.

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10-2922 Doe v. Elmbrook School District

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Constitutional Law Establishment Clause; standing Citizens lack standing to challenge 36 U.S.C. 119, establishing the National Day of Prayer. “Section 119 imposes duties on the President alone. It does not require any private person to do anything—or for that matter ...

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A Madison-based organization opposed to religion lacks standing to challenge the National Day of Prayer.

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United States Supreme Court Constitutional Law Establishment Clause; standing Taxpayers lack standing to challenge a tax credit for parochial schools. Respondents’ suit does not fall within the narrow exception to the rule against taxpayer standing established in Flast v. Cohen, ...

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