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Santa Fe independent school district v. jane doe
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One of the many protests against prohibiting student-led prayers before football games
Sources
“Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe: The Constitutional Complexities Associated with Student-Led Prayer.” Campbell Law, 2000, scholarship.law.campbell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1372&context=clr.
“FAQ.” The Secular Web, infidels.org/library/modern/features/2000/court1.html.
Stevens. “Opinion of the Court.” SANTA FE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST. V. DOE, 19 June 2000, www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/99-62.ZO.html.
Research Questions
Appeals
Would prohibiting the students from saying prayers be violating their freedom of speech?
Would saying the prayers before the football games coerce the attendees to participate in that religion?
This case began in the United States District Court for the Southern district of Texas. Both parties appealed the case to the United States Court of Appeals after the District's Court made their decision in December of 1966. The court granted judicial review allowing one problem, whether prohibiting student-led prayers at football games would be violating the establishment clause.
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Jane Doe
Sources
Linder, Doug. “SANTA FE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT v. JANE DOE.” Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe, law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/firstamendment/santafe.html.
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“The Five Freedoms - Court Case.” First Amendment Schools, www.firstamendmentschools.org/freedoms/case.aspx?id=489.
Court Decision
Overview
On June 19, 2000 there was a 6-3 ruling in the supreme court that having a student led or student initiated prayer at football games would violate the establishment clause and was unconstitutional.
Before 1955, a student who was elected as student council chaplain at Santa Fe High School would say a prayer that was described as openly Christian before every varsity football game over the school's public address system. A Mormon family and a Catholic family filed suit against that practice and others under the establishment articles of the First Amendment, which prohibits the government from establishing a certain religion.