Epiphany in New York

By raising the issue of school prayer in his recent comments, New York Mayor Eric Adams has done America an intellectual service by pointing out a problem that requires reexamination and fresh thinking. School prayer was abolished so long ago, in 1962, that most Americans assume that it was the result of a proper, constitutionally required decision by the Supreme Court. In fact, the Court’s decision was weakly reasoned and convincingly refuted by the dissenting opinion of Justice Potter Stewart. This article will show that the Court’s decision was a discretionary imposition of the Justices’ personal values rather than an act of legal obedience to the requirements of the Constitution. Read Full Article »