The U.S. Has a Chance to Foster Unprecedented Arab-Israeli Cooperation
Will the president seize the moment?
July 6, 2022
The end of the Lemon test.
In the words of the late Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court’s 1971 decision in the case of Lemon v. Kurtzman, which struck down a Rhode Island law that gave government support to religious schools, is akin to “some ghoul in a late-night horror movie that repeatedly sits up in its grave and shuffles abroad, . . . frightening the little children and school attorneys.” But the court appears to have overturned the ruling completely in its recent decision in favor of Joseph Kennedy, a high-school football coach who was prohibited from praying silently before football games. Howard Slugh explains:
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Why Israelis should be encouraging aliyah.
And some cite a “prophecy” that 2022 is the year it will happen.
The end of the Lemon test.
“Let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.”