Bill95th CongressFiled May 5, 1977Religion in the public schools
S. 1467
A bill to limit the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States and any such inferior court as ordained and established by the Congress of the United States to enter any judgment, decree, or order, denying or restricting, as unconstitutional, the exercise of free religious expression or the saying of voluntary prayer in any public school or other public building.
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What it does
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What just happenedMay 5, 1977
Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Who’s behind it
Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE](R-DE)Sponsor
1 cosponsor
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- May 5, 1977IntroReferral
Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Judiciary Committee - May 5, 1977IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate