Court hears arguments over prayer at school games
Supreme Court justices weigh if student led pregame prayers at high school football games violate the First Amendment. Santa Fe ISD argues prayers are free speech while critics call it state sponsored religion.
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Court upholds easier bans on nude dancing nationwide
Supreme Court rules local governments may ban nude dancing in about 3000 adult clubs by treating it as expressive conduct only within free speech limits. Erie Pa is cited as reinstating a public nudity ordinance to curb crime and related harms in adult entertainment venues.
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On This Day in HINTORY 1964 Glenn Leaves Ohio Senate Race
A historical note recalls John Glenn withdrawing from the 1964 Ohio U.S. Senate race due to injuries from a fall. The item spans other events: Ellsworth Bunker’s 1973 resignation as ambassador to South Vietnam and Graham A. Martin succeeding him, Reagan's 1981 shooting, Rolls-Royce sale to BMW in 1998, and Pope John Paul II's 1995 encyclical condemning abortion and euthanasia.
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District of Columbia
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BMW
John Paul II
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