Text and (What Kind of) History? Panel 4: Text, History, and Public Prayer

What does the Court’s approach to text and history mean for understanding the First Amendment, for the Court’s jurisprudence in this area, and for the future of the rights that the amendment protects? This panel focuses on these questions in the context of the free exercise and establishment clauses, with an emphasis on the tensions in the Court’s jurisprudence around prayer in public schools and prisons.