U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law
May 14, 2014
'Outsiders to their own government'
The Town of Greece decision will mean that across the country meetings of town boards and city councils of all types often will begin with Christian prayers. By Erwin Chemerinsky
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law
UC Berkeley School of Law
Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Town of Greece v. Galloway, 2014 DJDAR 5589 (May 5, 2014), will mean that across the nation meetings of town boards, city councils, school boards, and government commissions of all types often will begin with Christian prayers. This is the very essence of the establishment of a religion. The five justices in the majority were stunningly insensitive to the effects of this on those of other religi...
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