Thursday, February 06, 2014

Town of Greece Case--SCOTUS Oral Arguments

From Religion Clause blog:

 

Town of Greece Case Argued Before Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in Town of Greece v. Galloway.  At issue is the constitutionality of opening city council meetings with sectarian prayers. The full transcript of the oral arguments is now available. SCOTUSblog has a recap of the oral arguments.  ABA Preview has a detailed analysis of the case.

Here is a link to Marsh v. Chambers, the existing landmark case concerning legislative prayer.

The opinion of the Second Circuit in  Town of Greece  is here.

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