Weisman, as the foundation of its decision to declare those words unconstitutional. Thomas writes in dissent by explaining that Lee v. Weisman was wrongly decided. His position is genuinely ...

Providence kept appealing.” June 24 marked the 30th anniversary of the family’s triumph in the landmark Supreme Court ruling Lee v. Weisman, a 5-4 decision prohibiting clergy from leading ...

1992—In Lee v. Weisman, a 5-justice majority, in an opinion by Justice Kennedy, rules that a nondenominational prayer delivered by a rabbi at a public school graduation ceremony violated the ...

Two examples involve Justice Anthony Kennedy: Lee v. Weisman (also 1992) - the case examined the constitutionality of prayer at public school graduation ceremonies. Justice Kennedy initially voted ...

Justice Antonin Scalia asked the conservative lawyer Charles Cooper that question during an oral argument on November 6, 1991, in a high-profile Church-state case called Lee v. Weisman.

In Lee v. Weisman (1992), Justice David Souter carefully demonstrated that the First Amendment’s history shows the Founders “extended their prohibition” to include government action that ...