Marsh v. Chambers
United States Supreme Court
463 U.S. 783 (1983)
Relevant factsFree
Each session of the Nebraska legislature opened with a prayer from a chaplain paid out of public funds. Ernest Chambers (defendant), a state legislator and taxpayer, challenged the practice as a violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
IssueFree
Whether legislative prayer violates the Establishment Clause when the First Congress, which finalized the language of the First Amendment, specifically provided for it.
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