Thursday, April 14, 2011
(Yet) Another Standing Decision in an Establishment Clause Case
It is Freedom From Religion Foundation v. Obama, decided by the Seventh Circuit (Judge Easterbrook). The case involves the issue whether citizens have a claim that the law (36 U.S.C. section 119) asking the President to proclaim a national day of prayer violates the Establishment Clause. Plaintiffs don't have standing, according to the court. The President would but, as the court says, he "is not complaining."
https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2011/04/yet-another-standing-decision-in-an-establishment-clause-case.html