Ninth Circuit: Coach’s Duties Do Not End at Final Whistle for Purposes of Legality of Post-Game Prayer

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the ruling of a lower court that denied a preliminary injunction to a high school coach, who sought to continue his practice of kneeling down and praying at the 50-yard-line after his team’s football games. The school district had suspended the coach because of his practice, leading to his bid for an injunction on the grounds that the school district was retaliating against him for exercising his First Amendment rights.   Plaintiff Joseph