Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, No. 21-418 [Arg: 04.25.2022]

Supreme Court of the United States

QUESTION PRESENTED

1. Whether a public-school employee who says a brief, quiet prayer by himself while at school and visible to students is engaged in government speech that lacks any First Amendment protection; and
2. whether, assuming that such religious expression is private and protected by the free speech and free exercise clauses, the establishment clause nevertheless compels public schools to prohibit it.

Date Proceedings and Orders
Sep 14 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 18, 2021)
Sep 16 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Joseph A. Kennedy
Sep 20 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 18, 2021 to December 7, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
Sep 21 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 7, 2021.
Sep 27 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Bremerton School District
Oct 14 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Former Professional Football Players Steve Largent and Chad Hennings filed.
Oct 15 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Current State Legislators filed.
Oct 18 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Coach Tommy Bowden filed.
Oct 18 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed.
Oct 18 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Chaplain Alliance For Religious Liberty filed.
Oct 18 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Galen Black filed.
Oct 18 2021 | Brief amici curiae of The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, et al. filed.
Oct 18 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Pennsylvania Family Institute filed.
Oct 18 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Twenty-Four States filed.
Oct 18 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom, et al. filed.
Dec 07 2021 | Brief of respondent Bremerton School District in opposition filed.
Dec 21 2021 | Reply of petitioner Joseph A. Kennedy filed. (Distributed)
Dec 22 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
Jan 10 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/14/2022.
Jan 14 2022 | Petition GRANTED.
Jan 21 2022 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Joseph A. Kennedy
Jan 21 2022 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Bremerton School District
Feb 16 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Alabama Center for Law and Liberty filed.
Feb 18 2022 | Suggestion of mootness filed by respondent Bremerton School District. (Distributed)
Feb 22 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed.
Feb 23 2022 | Brief of petitioner Joseph A. Kennedy filed.
Feb 23 2022 | Joint appendix filed (statement of costs filed).
Feb 23 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
Feb 24 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of American Constitutionals Rights Union filed.
Feb 25 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Darrell Green filed.
Feb 25 2022 | Response to Suggestion of mootness filed. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2022 | Reply in Support of Suggestion of Mootness filed. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2022 | Brief amici curiae of World Faith Foundation, et al. filed.
Mar 01 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Thomas More Society filed.
Mar 01 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
Mar 01 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation and Southeastern Legal Foundation filed.
Mar 01 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Family Policy Alliance and State Family Policy Councils filed.
Mar 01 2022 |