Legal Opinion
American Humanist Association v. Birdville
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 20, 2017No. 15-11067, 16-11220PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
The American Humanist Association (“AHA”) and Isaiah Smith appeal a summary judgment for defendants, the Birdville Independent School District and its seven board members (collectively, “BISD”). AHA and Smith allege that BISD’s policy of inviting students to deliver statements, which can include invocations, before school-board meetings violates the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause. Because the practice falls more nearly within the recently reaffirmed legislative-prayer exception to the Supreme Court’s Establishment Clause jurisprudence, we affirm the…
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