The Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs, the Institute of Church-State Studies, and General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
Amici Curiae
Derek H. Davis, Counsel of RecordThe parties in this brief are religious organizations opposed to State endorsement of religion of any kind. Derek H. Davis is Director of the J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies at Baylor University. He is also Editor of the Journal of Church and State and author of numerous books on religion and the law. He received his law degree from the Baylor University Law School. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on January 31, 2000.This case involves a school district’s policy authorizing…