Case Summaries (eNews)
Supreme Court holds no Section 1983 Claims for Improper Admission at Criminal Trial of Un-Mirandized Statements
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29 Jun 2022 in Case Summaries (eNews)
Last week, in a win for local governments, the Supreme Court held 6-3 in Vega v. Tekoh, that an individual may not bring a Section 1983 claim based on an alleged improper admission of an unMirandized statement during a criminal prosecution. This case involves a deputy sheriff's investigation of sexual assault allegations. Deputy Vega believed his questioning was non-custodial and he did not Mirandize the suspect—Terence Tekoh—prior to asking questions about what had happened. Tekoh ultimately agreed to write down what...
Supreme Court Holds School Violated the First Amendment When it Fired a High School Football Coach for Praying on the 50-Yard Line / Overrules Lemon v. Kurtzman
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28 Jun 2022 in Case Summaries (eNews)
Yesterday, the Supreme Court held in a 6-3 decision in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District that a school district violated the First Amendment’s Free Speech and Free Exercise Clauses when it terminated the employment of a high school football coach for refusing to curtail his practice of praying at the 50-yard line after football games with students. Significantly, the majority also overruled Lemon v. Kurtzman and the Establishment Clause’s “endorsement test,” though it does so without explicitly saying so (calling...