S. 398193rd CongressSenate Bill

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…

Official title: 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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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.

Introduced Sep 11, 1974
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Jesse Helms

Republican

U.S. Senator · NC

7 cosponsors — mostly Republicans

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