So far, three months after Mathew Staver argued before the Court in the case of McCreary County v. ACLU, nothing has popped up on his computer, leading Staver to wonder if something unusual is brewing ...

Rights and Responsibilities is a recurring series by Richard Garnett on legal education, the role of the courts in our constitutional structure, and the law of religious freedom and free expression.

Last week's 5-4 ruling by the Court upholding prayer at government meetings may have stretched the Lemon test. Writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy said the prayers offered at a town ...