Mentioning God While Questioning High School Student Is Not Establishment Clause Violation

In Sabol v. Walter Payton College Preparatory High School, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40765 (ND IL, April 12, 2011), an Illinois federal district court, while largely focusing on other issues, held that the Establishment Clause was not violated when a chaperone on a school-sponsored trip to China mentioned God while questioning a student about her unauthorized use of alcohol. Nor did the questioning violate the due proxess clause or the 5th Amendment.