Kennedy’s majority opinion relaxed the standard for assessing whether a prayer at a governmental meeting violates the 1st Amendment ... than it was in the 18th century. As Justice Stephen ...

When citizens attend a government meeting ... expected to adopt a similar pro-prayer posture. As an appeals court judge, he wrote in a case that the 1st Amendment’s establishment clause ...

Many of the prayers offered at the opening of town council meetings in Greece, N.Y., outside Rochester ... When the Supreme Court took the case, First Amendment experts hoped the justices would help ...

A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that legislative bodies such as city councils can begin their meetings ... diverse prayer-givers, she said — and broad. The First Amendment’s promise ...

A sharply divided Phoenix City Council voted 5-4 Wednesday to stop having an opening prayer at council meetings and instead ... would be a violation of the First Amendment, if applied retroactively.

The difficulty facing the justices was how to decide how courts should consider when a prayer could violate the First Amendment calling for separation of church and state. The court was divided ...

Many of the prayers offered at the opening of town council meetings in Greece ... When the Supreme Court took the case, First Amendment experts hoped the justices would help clean up an especially ...