U.S. Supreme Court takes aim at separation of church and state

Posted on AllSides June 28th, 2022
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Reuters/Jim Bourg
ANALYSIS

The conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court has chipped away at the wall separating church and state in a series of new rulings, eroding American legal traditions intended to prevent government officials from promoting any particular faith.

In three decisions in the past eight weeks, the court has ruled against government officials whose policies and actions were taken to avoid violating the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment prohibition on governmental endorsement of religion - known as the “establishment clause.”

The court on Monday backed a Washington state public high school football coach who...

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