HR 17239 · 93th Congress · Law
A bill to limit the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States and of the district courts to enter any judgment, decree, or order, denying or restricting, as unconstitutional, voluntary prayer in any public school.
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.(1974-10-10)
Plain Language Summary
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States that the Supreme Court shall not have jurisdiction to review any case arising out of any State statute, or arising out of any Act interpreting a State statute, which relates to voluntary prayers in public schools and public buildings. Provides that the district courts shall not have jurisdiction of any case or question which the Supreme Court does not have jurisdiction to review.…
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