Legal Opinion
Fields v. Speaker of the Pa. House of Representatives
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 29, 2018No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:16-CV-1764PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtChristopher C. Conner, Chief Judge
We begin by delineating what the issue in this case is and what it is not. This *750matter concerns the constitutionality of a policy regarding who may present invocations at the commencement of a legislative session. It is not a challenge to the religious content of legislative prayer. To the contrary, it is well settled that sectarian prayers are entirely proper invocations for legislative sessions.
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives opens legislative sessions with an invocation delivered by a member of the House or a guest chaplain. The Speaker of the House maintains a guest chaplain…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Brian Fields v. Speaker of the PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2019