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Israelis remember specific individuals; American Jews experience a sense of collective loss.
May 6, 2022
Why the Supreme Court Should Let a High-School Football Coach Pray on the Field
Public employees shouldn’t be automatons.
Last week, the Supreme Court heard the case of Joseph Kennedy, a football coach at a public high school who used to pray on the field after games. After some students voluntarily began joining him, the school district asked him to stop; the ensuing dispute eventually resulted in litigation. At the legal heart of the issue is the 2006 Garcetti v. Ceballos decision, in which the Supreme Court granted governments broad rights to control the speech of public employees. David French argues that the court ought to moderate this ruling, and let Coach Kennedy pray:
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