has held is that one religious denomination cannot be officially preferred over another but the state s policy does just that. under that policy a christian prisoner may have a minister of his faith accompany him to the execution chamber to say his last rights but whether islam, judaism or any other, he may not die with a minister of his faith by his side. that treatment goes against the establishment clause s core principle of denomination neutrality. that dissent from elena okayingen last night. dominique ray was executed in alabama at 10:12 p.m. without his imam in the execution chamber. could have had a chaplain because only christians get their faith leader and last night the supreme court blessed that. it was alabama s first execution of 2019. joining us now is senior editor and legal correspondent at slate.com. thank you for being here. thank you for having me. i m not a lawyer. i don t know anything about the law.
his faith accompany him to the execution chamber to say his last rights but whether islam, judaism or any other, he may not die with a minister of his faith by his side. that treatment goes against the establishment clause s core principle of denomination neutrality. dominique ray was executed in alabama at 10:12 p.m. without his spiritual advisor. could have had a chaplain because only christians get their faith leader and last night the supreme court blessed that. joining us is senior editor and legal correspondent of slate.com. thank you for being here. thank you for having me. i i m n m not a lawyer. i don t know anything about the law. this strikes me as third grade level outrageous. like a third grader learning about the constitution and the establishment clause and not