Monday, January 31, 2011

The latest on the "prayer" lawsuit (Wagner v. Westphal)

     Today, Judge Klausner issued a substantive ruling according to which (1) the Board’s generic invocations have a permissible purpose and effect; (2) we plaintiffs are entitled to a declaratory judgment that Mathur’s Fall 2009 “Jesus” video and Wagner’s 2008 scholarship ceremony rant were unconstitutional; (3) the Defendants will be ordered to comply with their policy regarding invocations (i.e., they can’t be sectarian, hostile, etc.).
     Next come proposed judgments (by plaintiffs and defendants) and a settlement conference (with another judge).
     Really, lots of things could happen. Don't read too much into this.

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Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

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