A petition for certiorari (
full text) was filed yesterday with the U.S. Supreme Court in
A.M. v. Taconic Hills Central School District. In the case, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a free speech claim by a middle school student, the co-president of student council, who was not permitted to include a religious blessing at the end of her remarks at the school's Moving-Up Ceremony. (See
prior posting.) ADF issued a
press release announcing the filing of the cert. petition.