Case Study: Clear Lake High School V. Texas

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Case #01 | Clear Lake High School v. Texas (2017)
WHAT IS THIS CASE ABOUT?
A high school located in Clear Lake County, Texas, practices a tradition of including an invocation and benediction written and presented by the seniors who are graduating. Most of these prayers clearly reference Christianity. Some students and parents disagreed with this practice, and called for the tradition to terminate. The school refused and the plaintiffs filed a case in the US District Court to end these kinds of prayers at the graduation ceremony.
CASE FACTS AND PARTIES IN CASE:
Plaintiffs: Texas
Defendants: Clear Lake High School
Three weeks prior to the trial, the defendants adopted a new policy. Here is the policy:
“Use of an invocation or benediction at high school graduation shall rest with the discretion of the graduating senior class, with the advice and counsel of the senior high principal.”
“The invocation and benediction, if used, is to be given by student volunteers.”
“Consistent with the principle of equal liberty of conscience, the invocation and benediction shall be nonsectarian and nonproselytizing in nature.”
ISSUE 1
Does the Clear Lake High School tradition of prayers [using their new adopted policy] during their graduation ceremony violate the Establishment Clause of the US Constitution? …show more content…
Also, the government may not stop people from practicing their religion. Clear Lake High School is a public institution funded by the government, therefore they must follow the laws outlined in the Constitution.]
TEXT OF
Establishment Clause: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..”

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