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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 in 1995, was the mother of a plaintiff in a case concerning this subject (-5[1])in Abington, (-5[1])Pennsylvania. After a 1962 case, Ellery Schempp and (*) Madalyn Murray O'Hair (-5[1])protested this practice. (10[1])Potter Stewart was the sole dissenter in a case concerning this practice at public schools that found it to violate the Establishment Clause, (-5[1])Engel v. Vitale. (10[1])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]0[1])

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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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Agnijo BanerjeeSee itLimp Chriskit72-5
Omer KeskinSay itFour Times I Have Despised My Soul74-5
Cormac BeirneLSE3HK1MM85-5
Thomas HartGressenheller ASorted8810
Ved MuthusamyOxford School for QuiznessThe Crying of Team 49111-5
Richard PollardThe Crying of Team 49Oxford School for Quizness11410
Michael Mays3HK1MMLSE14310
Abigail TanFour Times I Have Despised My SoulSay it14310
Oscar SiddleLimp ChriskitSee it1430

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