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In a case concerning this subject, Antonin Scalia outlined the destruction caused by “the bulldozer of its social engineering” in response to Anthony Kennedy's formulation of the coercion test. In a majority opinion, the Rehnquist court argued against the legality of this subject in the 1992 case Lee v. Weisman. The “most hated woman in America,” who was murdered (15[1])in 1995, (-5[1])was the mother of a plaintiff in a case concerning this subject in (-5[1])Abington, (15[1])Pennsylvania. (15[1])After a 1962 case, Ellery Schempp and (*) Madalyn Murray O'Hair protested this practice. Potter Stewart was the sole dissenter in a case concerning this practice (-5[1])at public schools (-5[1])that found (10[1])it to violate the Establishment Clause, Engel v. Vitale. The Supreme Court debated whether a moment of silence is an alternative to, for 10 points, what practice in which students may be instructed to recite the Bible? ■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: school prayer [accept reading from the Bible before read; accept word forms such as praying in school; prompt on religion in schools; prompt on atheism or opposition to religion]
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2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y3100%33%0%100.33
2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y2100%0%0%106.50
2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y475%0%75%130.67
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y580%0%80%122.00
2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y2100%0%100%142.50
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y3100%0%33%125.33
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y475%25%50%106.67
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y8100%38%50%110.50
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y2100%50%50%110.50

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John MarvinChicago ASIUE100-5
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