Question

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 in 1995, was the mother of a plaintiff in a case concerning this subject in Abington, Pennsylvania. (-5[2])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 at public schools that (0[1]-5[1])found it (10[1])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[2])

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]
<Noah Sheidlower, American History>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ethan LinnTuftsBrandeis75-5
Jaise KingBUMIT75-5
Andres CordobaYale BHarvard B1040
Maia WalzerHarvard BYale B104-5
Frederick Rivas-GiorgiYale AHarvard A10610
Jonathan SchnipperBrandeisTufts14310
Anurag SodhiMITBU14310

Summary

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