Lawsuits against SYATP.

[Ed Brayton]

Gary McCaleb wrote:

> We regularly receive complaints from high school students regarding 
> official action against their effort to participate in SYATP events.  
> In 2003, we filed /Friesner, et al. v. Ogg, et al./ (No. 
> 0:03-cv-00893-JRT-RLE D. Minn.) after school officials banned the word 
> "prayer" from SYATP posters.  Fortunately, the school saw the light 
> and the case rapidly settled.  ADF and its allies regularly intercede 
> in similar situations with demand letters; the reason that more suits 
> are not filed is that the schools generally correct their wrong 
> behavior once notified by demand letter.

I'm aware of several cases involving things like whether the event could 
be promoted over the PA, whether teachers could participate, and so 
forth. But has there been any case where anyone has filed suit to stop 
the actual event? Or even a statement from groups like the ACLU or 
Americans United that the event itself was unconstitutional? The claim 
in the ADF's blog post was that "to others" the event itself "violates 
the separation of church and state and should be prohibited, thereby 
setting up a constitutional showdown in our public schools." I'm trying 
to figure out who those others are and where this constitutional 
showdown has ever taken place.

Ed Brayton
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