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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.
In 2022, the justices reversed the 9th Circuit and upheld, in Kennedy vs. Bremerton, a free-speech claim from a football coach who defied school officials and insisted on praying at the 50-yard line.
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Kennedy v. Bremerton School District: 586 U.S. ___ (2019) First Amendment • Free Exercise Clause • Free Speech Clause • Establishment Clause • visible prayer by public school official Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh: Alito filed a statement respecting the Court's denial of certiorari.
Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, 869 F.3d 813 (9th Cir. 2017). Writing on behalf of an undivided panel, Smith held that a high school football coach spoke as a public employee when he would kneel and pray on the 50-yard line immediately after games, in full school apparel, while in view of students and parents.
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Coach Joe Kennedy First Liberty Institute represented high school football coach Joseph A. Kennedy in a lawsuit against the Bremerton School District in the state of Washington. [ 25 ] The dispute centers around the dismissal of the coach after a school policy conflict pertaining to his practice of a prayer after each game.
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