Congressional Digest

Supreme Court Debates January 2014 No. 1 Vol. 17
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the New York Civil Liberties Union, et al., Amici Curiae

Legislative Prayer

Religious Expression During Government Proceedings

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American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the New York Civil Liberties Union, et al., Amici Curiae

Daniel Mach, Counsel of Record

The ACLU and the New York Civil Liberties Union are joined in this brief by the Anti-Defamation League and Interfaith Alliance Foundation. Daniel Mach is director of the ACLU Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on September 23, 2013.   This Court has repeatedly held that the Establishment Clause requires the government to remain neutral between religion and non-religion and impartial among faiths. The sectarian prayers used to open town board meetings in Greece, New York, contravene this core constitutional mandate….

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