stating that benedictions and invocations are proper so long as they do not exceed the scope of “the American civil religion”
How later courts described this case
- stating that benedictions and invocations are proper so long as they do not exceed the scope of “the American civil religion”
- Boggs, Circuit Judge, dissenting from the denial of rehearing en banc, joined by Judges David A. Nelson, Alan E. Norris, Suhreinrich, Siler and Batchelder
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
RYAN, Circuit Judge,
dissenting.
I dissent from the court’s order denying rehearing en banc for the reasons stated in my opinion dissenting from the opinion and judgment of the panel in this case.