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50 Gonz. L. Rev. 75 (2014-2015)
Jurisprudential Juxtapositions: Resolving Establishment Clause Issues after Town of Greece, N.Y. v. Galloway

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          JURISPRUDENTIAL JUXTAPOSITIONS:
  RESOLVING ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE ISSUES AFTER
           TOWN OF GREECE, N.Y V GALLOWAY

                        Brian C. Nadler*


                     TABLE OF CONTENTS


 I. IN TROD U CTION  ...................................................................................... 76

 II. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND      ..............................................................  79
    A. Creating the Three-Pronged Establishment Clause Test in
        Lem on v. Kurtzm an  .................................................................   80
    B. The Introduction and Adoption of the Endorsement Test in
        Lynch and Allegheny County ................................................... 83
    C. Lee v. Weisman: The Promulgation of the Coercion Test and
        Yet Another Jurisprudential Standard ...................................... 85
    D. Marsh v. Chambers: The Arrival of the Historical
        Practice Test - Exception to the Scope of First
        Amendment Jurisprudence ........................................................  86

III. A NALY SIS  .........................................................................................  88
    A. The Majority Opinion - Wrongly Applying Marsh:
        A Soggy Excuse of a Decision ................................................... 88
    B. Prayer Does Not Have to Be Nonsectarian?
        Sounds Like a  Nonsequitur. ......................................................  91
    C. Direct and Indirect Coercion - A Compelling Argument
        for the Compelling Standard .................................................. 92

IV . SOLUTION .........................................................................................  94

V . C ONCLUSION ......................................................................................  95

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