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Type
Opinion of the Court
Filed
June 25, 2007
Case
Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc.
Case status
Decided

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Justice Alito announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which The Chief Justice and Justice Kennedy join. This is a lawsuit in which it was claimed that conferences held as part of the President’s Faith-Based and Community Initiatives program violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment because, among other things, President Bush and former Secretary of Education Paige gave s…

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Opinion Not attributed June 25, 2007
Concurrence Not attributed June 25, 2007
Dissent Not attributed June 25, 2007