The Fourth Circuit will rehear Lund v. Rowan County en banc (the entire slate of judges, not just a three judge panel, will decide the case). This is a case focused on the prayers of a County Commission at its meetings. You can read more about the case here.
Lund v. Rowan County. Rowan County, North Carolina opens its board of commissioners meetings with a prayer. It is a routine practice, and the invocations rotate between board members. The bulk of the prayers invoke Christianity in some form. In 2012, the ACLU sent a letter to Rowan County objecting to the invocations, asserting a …
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Today, the Fourth Circuit will hear oral arguments in Lund v. Rowan County. The County is appealing the decision of the Middle District of North Carolina, which ruled the County’s public prayer practice unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The crux of the issue: is the County’s practice government prayer that coerces the audience toward …