Once again, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit grappled yesterday with the constitutionality of a New York City Board of Education rule barring religious worship in public schools.
Reviewing the latest in a series of injunctions against the rule issued by a district court, Judges Guido Calabresi (See Profile), Pierre Leval (See Profile) and John Walker Jr. (See Profile) may have a sense of déjà vu as they heard spirited oral arguments in advance of issuing their fifth opinion in a controversy that has been litigated for more than 15 years.
