Jane Doe, John Doe, et al.
Respondents
Anthony P. Griffin, Counsel of RecordThe Respondents in this case are two mothers and their four children who live in the Santa Fe Independent School District. They are anonymously filing suit against Santa Fe’s policy of allowing students at its high school to hold yearly elections to choose a classmate who will deliver a brief "message or invocation" before home school football games. The Respondents allege that this policy violates the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause, which forbids State support for or endorsement of religion. Both the Federal district court and the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor…
