Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site eosp1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!eosp1!elias From: elias@eosp1.UUCP (Doug Elias) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Supreme Court ruling on Freedom of Silence Message-ID: <651@eosp1.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Mar-84 13:04:02 EST Article-I.D.: eosp1.651 Posted: Wed Mar 7 13:04:02 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 8-Mar-84 08:14:34 EST Organization: Exxon Office Systems, Princeton, NJ Lines: 17 . ...was paging thru my Cadillac Cyclopedia this morning before heading to work, and ran across a SC-case between a southern- state and some individual whose last name starts with "B", on the issue of the constitutionality of requiring school-attendees to recite the pledge of allegience; basically, SC shot down a lower court ruling favoring the requirement, stating that the "right to silence" was at least as important as the "right to speech"; any ideas on whether or not this might apply in the School-Prayer issue? ...and given the fact that RR pledged 4 years ago to do something on this issue, then forgot about until now, does anyone really think that he won't do the same again, that this isn't just a piece of political-hype designed to garner votes without the slightest intention of seeing it all the way thru? doug