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Symposium: Religious Pluralism, Civic Unity, And The Judicial Role, Richard Garnett

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Rick Garnett posted, as a guest author, to the SCOTUSblog Special Feature: Legislative prayer symposium Legislative prayer symposium the article Symposium: Religious pluralism, civic unity, and the judicial role on May 8.

Rick Garnett Was Quoted In The Abc News In Supreme Court Upholds Prayer At Town Meetings On May 5., Richard Garnett

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Rick Garnett was quoted in the ABC News in Supreme Court Upholds Prayer at Town Meetings on May 5.

Rick Garnett Appeared On Abc World News With Diane Sawyer Prayer In America On May 5., Richard Garnett

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Rick Garnett appeared on ABC World News with Diane Sawyer Prayer in America on May 5.

Rick Garnett Was Quoted In The Religion News Service Article Supreme Court Approves Sectarian Prayer At Public Meetings On May 5, Richard Garnett

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Rick Garnett was quoted in the Religion News Service article Supreme Court approves sectarian prayer at public meetings on May 5. But University of Notre Dame law professor Richard W. Garnett, who specializes in church/state relations and religious freedom, called the decision correct and unsurprising. “What might be surprising, though, is that four justices dissented. It would have been a dramatic and controversial move … to rule that legislative prayers are necessarily unconstitutional,” Garnett said. Just because sectarian prayers are constitutional, Garnett said, doesn’t mean that policies like those of the town of Greece “are wise or welcoming.”

Rick Garnett Was Quoted In The Npr Story Prayers Before Town Hall Meetings Are Constitutional, High Court Finds On May 5, Richard Garnett

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Rick Garnett was quoted in the NPR story Prayers Before Town Hall Meetings Are Constitutional, High Court Finds on May 5.

University of Notre Dame Professor of Law and religious freedom expert Richard W. Garnett says that today's decision doesn't change the way this kind of prayer has been viewed historically. "It would have been a dramatic and controversial move — a move that the [Obama] Administration, among others, argued against — to rule that legislative prayers are necessarily unconstitutional," Garnett tells us in an email. "And, none of the Justices endorsed such a departure from past practices and rulings. …