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Podcast: Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill
Episode: 246: SCOTUS and the free exercise of religion
Description: P&C drink and review "Bed of Nails" brown ale by Hi-Wire Brewing, then discuss recent decisions on the free exercise of religion.Â
Two important cases came down this term: Kennedy v. Bremerton involved the coach who prayed on the 50-yard line, while Carson v. Makin had to do with a restriction on public money being used to support a religious school.Â
Kennedy was a football coach at a government school in Washington. As a government employee, did his prayers constitute "the government" endorsing religion? Or, as a private citizen, did he have the right to...