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![Billy Graham “Shocked” by SCOTUS Ruling on School Prayer](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_8bc6a79b20a34d0ab0617f15f450fed2~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_8bc6a79b20a34d0ab0617f15f450fed2~mv2.webp)
Jun 17, 2023
Billy Graham “Shocked” by SCOTUS Ruling on School Prayer
June 17, 1963 - The Rev. Billy Graham (pictured last month in Paris) said today he was “shocked” by the Supreme Court’s ruling that use...
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![SCOTUS: No State Can Require Prayer at School](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_d67df4dd5912420997c355c53a3e6ab9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_d67df4dd5912420997c355c53a3e6ab9~mv2.webp)
Jun 17, 2023
SCOTUS: No State Can Require Prayer at School
June 17, 1963 - The Supreme Court decided today that no state or locality may require recitation of the Lord’s Prayer or Bible verses in...
![Dr. Sheppard Faces Legal Setback](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_34273c8683c842879a3e019702525f24~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_34273c8683c842879a3e019702525f24~mv2.webp)
May 13, 2023
Dr. Sheppard Faces Legal Setback
May 13, 1963 - The U.S. Supreme Court rejected today a plea from Dr. Sam Sheppard (pictured right in 1954) that he be allowed to take a...
![Goldberg Sworn In as Supreme Court Justice](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_53e04dac196844629aeed7c36d48827c~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_53e04dac196844629aeed7c36d48827c~mv2.webp)
Oct 1, 2022
Goldberg Sworn In as Supreme Court Justice
Oct. 1, 1962 - President Kennedy watched the Supreme Court open its new term today in an atmosphere made somber by events in Mississippi....
![Justice Felix Franfurter to Retire, JFK to Appoint Arthur Goldberg to Vacancy](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_fbcb1a3c7c0442d59ed06ff66703c432~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_fbcb1a3c7c0442d59ed06ff66703c432~mv2.webp)
Aug 29, 2022
Justice Felix Franfurter to Retire, JFK to Appoint Arthur Goldberg to Vacancy
Aug. 29, 1962 - Felix Frankfurter (pictured in 1939) has retired from active service on the Supreme Court after 23 years as an associate...
![Cardinal Spellman Assails Supreme Court Decision on School Prayer](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_0e38e42738ba43aeaa1ef231df2bf82a~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_0e38e42738ba43aeaa1ef231df2bf82a~mv2.webp)
Jun 27, 2022
Cardinal Spellman Assails Supreme Court Decision on School Prayer
June 27, 1962 - Cardinal Spellman (pictured with Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy earlier this month) renewed his attack today on the...
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![Supreme Court Ban on School Prayer Draws Criticism](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_b86bf837488346a7880902835139729c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_b86bf837488346a7880902835139729c~mv2.webp)
Jun 26, 2022
Supreme Court Ban on School Prayer Draws Criticism
June 26, 1962 - The Supreme Court’s decision banning an official prayer in New York public schools drew vehement criticism in Congress...
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![Supreme Court Rules School Prayer Unconstitutional](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_74278de84d5243859ba8f082bdf1f3e0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_74278de84d5243859ba8f082bdf1f3e0~mv2.webp)
Jun 25, 2022
Supreme Court Rules School Prayer Unconstitutional
June 25, 1962 - The Supreme Court held today that the reading of an official prayer in New York public schools violated the Constitution....
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![Senate Approves Nomination of Byron R. White to Supreme Court](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_08dd62763af1481aa39dfb7164aaea78~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_400,h_310,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_08dd62763af1481aa39dfb7164aaea78~mv2.webp)
Apr 11, 2022
Senate Approves Nomination of Byron R. White to Supreme Court
Apr. 11, 1962 - The Senate approved by voice vote today the nomination of Byron R. White (pictured) to be an associate justice of the...
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![President Nominates Byron White to Supreme Court](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_ea147eaa805f442dacece66dafa7a35b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_326,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_ea147eaa805f442dacece66dafa7a35b~mv2.webp)
Mar 30, 2022
President Nominates Byron White to Supreme Court
Mar. 30, 1962 - President Kennedy today nominated Byron R. White (left), the Deputy Attorney General, to be an Associate Justice of the...
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![Supreme Court Justice Whittaker Retires on Doctors' Advice](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_5d3796dcc3dc436fa6cec9453afc8bb3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_5d3796dcc3dc436fa6cec9453afc8bb3~mv2.webp)
Mar 29, 2022
Supreme Court Justice Whittaker Retires on Doctors' Advice
Mar. 29, 1962 - Justice Charles Evans Whittaker (pictured) retired from the Supreme Court today on his doctors’ advice. He said in a...
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