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Sendor, Benjamin – American School Board Journal, 1997
Argues that graduation prayer is unconstitutional because it violates the Establishment Clause, but the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment entitles a valedictorian giving a commencement speech to discuss religion and even to express religious beliefs as the student's own, private beliefs. Summarizes court decisions. (MLF)
Descriptors: Commencement Ceremonies, Court Litigation, Federal Courts, Freedom of Speech
Sendor, Benjamin – American School Board Journal, 1996
Describes the Supreme Court graduation-prayer decision in "Lee v. Weisman" (1992) and implications of the "Jones v. Clear Creek Independent School District" case, which the Court decided not to review in 1993. Discusses the New Jersey graduation-prayer experiment and ruling of third District Circuit Court Judge Theodore A.…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Commencement Ceremonies, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
