Date: September 10, 1985
Subject: Prayer in Public Schools
Description: Weicker (R-CT) motion to table (kill) the bill to bar the federal courts, including the Supreme Court, from considering cases involving prayer in public schools. The effect of the bill would have been to restore the right of states or local communities to permit prayer in public schools without being subject to challenges in the federal courts.
Result: Motion to Table Agreed to, 62-36
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