Court Upholds Texas Moment Of Silence Law
Vince Leibowitz | Jan 05, 2008 | Comments 0
A federal district court has upheld the “moment of silence” law passed by the Texas Legislature during its “Morals Session” of 2003. It looked earlier like the law may have been on its way to being struck down.
From the Star-Telegram:
U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn of the Northern District of Texas upheld the constitutionality of the law, ruling that “the primary effect of the statute is to institute a moment of silence, not to advance or inhibit religion.”
I’m quite sure this will be appealed. The court also has yet to rule on a pending lawsuit brought by the same plaintiffs against the newly revised pledge to the Texas Flag.
According to legal scholars, the pledge’s new wording to include “under God,” has a better chance of being struck down because it was added to recently and has a clear religious and not secular purpose.
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new slate of Denton County Democratic candidates, as revealed at a press conference promoting the strength of the local party with high hopes for 2008. Capitol Annex (complete with a new look following a weekend redesign)tells us that a federal court has upheld Texas’ moment of silence law passed for school children in 2003and notes that another major lawsuit related to the new pledge to the state flag still looms. The TexasCloverleaf cautions some to smoke ‘em if they got ‘em, but they still might go to jail. DFW area law enforcement is
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new slate of Denton County Democratic candidates, as revealed at a press conference promoting the strength of the local party with high hopes for 2008. Capitol Annex (complete with a new look following a weekend redesign)tells us that a federal court has upheld Texas’ moment of silence law passed for school children in 2003and notes that another major lawsuit related to the new pledge to the state flag still looms. The TexasCloverleaf cautions some to smoke ‘em if they got ‘em, but they still might go to jail. DFW area law enforcement is
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new slate of Denton County Democratic candidates, as revealed at a press conference promoting the strength of the local party with high hopes for 2008. Capitol Annex (complete with a new look following a weekend redesign)tells us that a federal court has upheld Texas’ moment of silence law passed for school children in 2003and notes that another major lawsuit related to the new pledge to the state flag still looms. The TexasCloverleaf cautions some to smoke ‘em if they got ‘em, but they still might go to jail. DFW area law enforcement is
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new slate of Denton County Democratic candidates, as revealed at a press conference promoting the strength of the local party with high hopes for 2008. Capitol Annex (complete with a new look following a weekend redesign)tells us that a federal court has upheld Texas’ moment of silence law passed for school children in 2003and notes that another major lawsuit related to the new pledge to the state flag still looms. The TexasCloverleaf cautions some to smoke ‘em if they got ‘em, but they still might go to jail. DFW area law enforcement is
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new slate of Denton County Democratic candidates, as revealed at a press conference promoting the strength of the local party with high hopes for 2008. Capitol Annex (complete with a new look following a weekend redesign)tells us that a federal court has upheld Texas’ moment of silence law passed for school children in 2003and notes that another major lawsuit related to the new pledge to the state flag still looms. The TexasCloverleaf cautions some to smoke ‘em if they got ‘em, but they still might go to jail. DFW area law enforcement is
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new slate of Denton County Democratic candidates, as revealed at a press conference promoting the strength of the local party with high hopes for 2008. Capitol Annex (complete with a new look following a weekend redesign)tells us that a federal court has upheld Texas’ moment of silence law passed for school children in 2003and notes that another major lawsuit related to the new pledge to the state flag still looms. The TexasCloverleaf cautions some to smoke ‘em if they got ‘em, but they still might go to jail. DFW area law enforcement is
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