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Constitutional Law - Legislative Chaplaincy Program Held Not To Violate The Establishment Of Religion Clause - Marsh V. Chambers, M. Greg Crumpler

Campbell Law Review

The question of the constitutionality of legislative chaplains has essentially gone unaddressed. The Supreme Court recently ventured into this uncharted wilderness, when, in Marsh v. Chambers, the Court ruled that a Nebraska legislative chaplaincy program did not violate the Establishment Clause. In addition to being the first Supreme Court case dealing with legislative chaplains, Marsh also marked a departure from the Court's usual method of Establishment Clause analysis.