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3.2 First Amendment: Freedom of Religion

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Question 1

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A public elementary-school teacher instructs the class to recite a prayer composed by school administrators. Students may remain silent. The practice is

A public school may not direct students to participate in an official prayer. Formal permission to remain silent does not convert a school-composed, teacher-led exercise into private speech, and traditions surrounding legislative prayer do not govern classroom prayer.
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B. unconstitutional government sponsorship of a religious exercise

A public school may not direct students to participate in an official prayer. Formal permission to remain silent does not convert a school-composed, teacher-led exercise into private speech, and traditions surrounding legislative prayer do not govern classroom prayer.

Question 2

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A public school has opened classrooms after hours to student clubs discussing character and morals. It excludes one club because members discuss those subjects from a religious viewpoint. The exclusion is

Once a school opens a limited forum for private clubs on a subject, it generally may not exclude a religious viewpoint on that subject. Equal access does not make the students' speech the school's own religious exercise.
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C. viewpoint discrimination in the school's limited forum

Once a school opens a limited forum for private clubs on a subject, it generally may not exclude a religious viewpoint on that subject. Equal access does not make the students' speech the school's own religious exercise.

Question 3

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A tuition program uses secular eligibility rules and gives aid to parents, who independently choose among public, secular private, and religious schools. This design is generally

Neutrality and independent private choice distinguish this program from direct governmental sponsorship of religious activity. The program does not favor religion on its face or direct families to religious schools.
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D. generally permissible under neutrality and private choice

Neutrality and independent private choice distinguish this program from direct governmental sponsorship of religious activity. The program does not favor religion on its face or direct families to religious schools.

Question 4

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A city ordinance allows officials to excuse conduct from a general rule whenever they find “good cause.” Officials routinely grant secular requests but refuse to consider a congregation's comparable religious request. Which conclusion is strongest?

A system that permits individualized secular exceptions but rejects comparable religious requests is not generally applicable in the relevant sense and ordinarily triggers strict scrutiny. Facial silence about religion does not cure selective administration.
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A. The system of individualized exceptions undermines general applicability and can trigger strict scrutiny

A system that permits individualized secular exceptions but rejects comparable religious requests is not generally applicable in the relevant sense and ordinarily triggers strict scrutiny. Facial silence about religion does not cure selective administration.

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