The city of Ocala, Fla., had asked the Supreme Court to consider whether a group of atheists had the legal standing to file suit under the Constitution.
The atheists, represented by the American Humanist Association, won on those grounds in 2018 when a federal judge ruled that the event violated that clause.
The judge awarded nominal damages of $1 per plaintiff, in addition to attorneys' fees and other costs. In that 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court effectively jettisoned the Lemon test in deciding that the coach had the right to pray with players and others on the field after games. The court's ruling said the Establishment Clause"must be interpreted by 'reference to historical practices and understandings.'"
The city of Ocala asked the Supreme Court to rule that"psychic or emotional offense allegedly caused by observation of religious messages" was not a sufficient injury to give the atheists legal standing to sue, particularly given the fact that they voluntarily attended the event.
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