was engaging in unprotected government speech, coercing others, and if it was not government speech, does it still pose a problem under the first amendment s establishment clause? joining us now is the fired coach joe kennedy along with his attorney. joe, did you ever think this prayer would put you in the middle of a fight for religious liberty at the court? no, absolutely not. the farthest thing away. i thought i would eventually one day retire, known as a good coach and that was it. laura: i know justice sotomayor or at one point said something like what if like a hypothetical that was totally bogus. she said well, i guess, oh, we have the audio. why can t the school fire a coach who decides to put a nazi
in view of students was engaging in unprotected government speech, coercing others. and if it was not government speech, does it still pose a problem? one of the first amendment s establishment clause. joining us now fired coach joe kennedy along with his attorney kelly shackelford, president and ceo of first liberty institute. joe , did you ever think this 10 15 second prayer would put you in the middle of a fight for religious liberty at the court? not part of thing away from it thought it would just, you know, eventually one day retire just to be known as a good coach . and that was it. kelly, i know justice sotomayor at one point said something like, well, what if it was like a hypothetical that was totally bogus? she said, well, i guess we have the or we have the audio, we ll play it. why can t the school fire a