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22 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 911 (2019-2020)
Justiciability and Judicial Fiat in Establishment Clause Cases Involving Religious Speech of Students

handle is hein.journals/upjcl22 and id is 929 raw text is: ARTICLES JUSTICIABILITY ANDJUDICIAL FIAT IN ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE CASES INVOLVING RELIGIOUS SPEECH OF STUDENTS Amanda Harmon Cooley* ABSTRACT Since Ihe smrnial Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe schoolprayer case, court have been inundaled wilh conililulional claims in volving iludenl i eligiou .peech a/public .ichooli. (ouit have slruggled mi'hl/ily wilh Ihe ques/ion of whelher Ihi speech ii privale speech, which ii.fiee of Eablidhmen/ Clause coni lain/ , or goveremen/ ipeech, which ii iubjec/ lo Ihe bounds of/hal clause. In Ihi slcuggle, .ome coult have go//en los in Ihe naze oJEsabliuhmen/ Clausejuriiprudence andJoigo//en Ihe coeprinciples ofjusliciabiliy and hiei'archical p'ecedenl In/eac, Ihey ha e i'euo/ed lo adv iuoy opipnion, ipse dixit, orjudicial fial, 1-hich ha only sew~ed lo make Ihe indamenaal E/abliUmen/ (lauue go e nmen/ peech and privale speech dicho/omy leu clea. 77 Aricle provides a close examiaion of Iwo of Ihe moul egregious recenl examples as a ehile lo advocale aqains/ Ihe use of adviory opinions and judicial fial in Ihiu area ofjuriprudence. 1 /hen proides a clear foundaionalfirameework, which consis o aju uiciabilily requiremenl and a piecedenlial requilemenl, for hejudiial e valualion ofieligious uludenl speech clasaficalion claimit in school law eu/abliumen/ cases. 77i framework i- offeied /o coun/erac ex/anl haimful judicial prac/ices. 77ese haemful appioaches con/ribue /o Ihe con/inued conusion of uchool law E/ablidhmen/ (lausejriiprudence; delegi/imi e cons liulional in/erpiealion in Ihi aea; allow poible end runs around Ihe Euabliumen/ (lause; haiv religious libely and sanci/y; hurl Ihe admini lia-n of/he judicialsysu/em; and /each an/i demrocraic principles /o cilizens and choolchildren. To saeguard bo/h sides ofJeffei uon'S wall, couztu muil en wue Ihal Ihey coqly wi/hjusliciabiliy requiremenli and Ihe doc/rine fhierarchicalpreceden lwhen askedlo clau @uyeligiou .ludenl speech a. u.chool ponuoiedgw gelnmen/ speech or as pure priale .peech in Eablihmen/ (lause cases. 77iu Article'Sf@ameework will allow Ihem /o do So. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................... 913 I. THE COMPLEXITY OF ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSEJURISPRUDENCE .... 918 II. CLARITY IN ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE JURISPRUDENCE: JUSTICIABILITY REQUIREMENTS, THE HIERARCHICAL PRECEDENT DOCTRINE, AND THE GOVERNMENT SPEECH/PRIVATE SPEECH DICHOTOMY ..................................... 922 A. justiciability Requirements .............................................................. 922 Wayne Fisher Research Professor of Law, South 1'exas College of Law Houston. The author would like to thank her school for its research support, her colleagues for their helpful feedback, and her family for its gracious understanding.

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