Lower Court Holding
Decision of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
In Jones v. Clear Creek Independent School District (5th Cir. 1992), we declared Clear Creek’s policy of allowing a student-selected, student-given, nonsectarian, nonproselytizing invocation and benediction at high school graduations does not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The primary questions posed by this case are: (1) whether the constitutionality of a Clear Creek Prayer Policy depends on its "nonsectarian, nonproselytizing" features, and (2) whether the venue of a Clear Creek Prayer Policy may be extended to high school football games without violating the applicable provisions of the Constitution of the United States. For…
