Hunt V. Kenai Peninsula Borough: The Search For Clarity In Legislative Prayer Speaker Selection
In 2016, three residents of the Kenai Peninsula Borough were prevented from delivering an invocation at a Borough Assembly meeting because they were neither borough chaplains nor members of a qualifying religious association. These three residents sued the borough, claiming that the Borough Assembly...
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ftdukeunivlaw:oai:scholarship.law.duke.edu:alr-1561 2023-05-15T13:08:49+02:00 Hunt V. Kenai Peninsula Borough: The Search For Clarity In Legislative Prayer Speaker Selection Truslow, Charles Jones, Craig 2019-05-28T07:00:00Z application/pdf https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/alr/vol36/iss1/7 https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1561&context=alr unknown Duke University School of Law https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/alr/vol36/iss1/7 https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1561&context=alr Alaska Law Review Law text 2019 ftdukeunivlaw 2023-01-23T21:19:17Z In 2016, three residents of the Kenai Peninsula Borough were prevented from delivering an invocation at a Borough Assembly meeting because they were neither borough chaplains nor members of a qualifying religious association. These three residents sued the borough, claiming that the Borough Assembly’s speaker selection policy violated the Alaska Constitution’s Establishment Clause. The superior court ruled for the plaintiffs, holding that the selection policy constituted a step towards the establishment of a state religion. Applying Supreme Court precedent, the superior court reached the correct result. However, the limited amount of federal precedent on the principles guiding speaker selection policies has led to significant variance of application in different jurisdictions. Important questions remain regarding the scope of legislative prayer doctrine in Alaska, which still need to be addressed. Text Alaska law review Alaska Duke Law School Scholarship Repository |
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In 2016, three residents of the Kenai Peninsula Borough were prevented from delivering an invocation at a Borough Assembly meeting because they were neither borough chaplains nor members of a qualifying religious association. These three residents sued the borough, claiming that the Borough Assembly’s speaker selection policy violated the Alaska Constitution’s Establishment Clause. The superior court ruled for the plaintiffs, holding that the selection policy constituted a step towards the establishment of a state religion. Applying Supreme Court precedent, the superior court reached the correct result. However, the limited amount of federal precedent on the principles guiding speaker selection policies has led to significant variance of application in different jurisdictions. Important questions remain regarding the scope of legislative prayer doctrine in Alaska, which still need to be addressed. |
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