QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Nebraska Legislature's compensation and retention of a single individual as Chaplain for an extended period of time renders its legislative prayer practice violative of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. (1) The Nebraska Legislature's appointment and com- pensation of a chaplain to open each day's session of the legislature with a prayer does not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amend- A. The historical evidence conclusively shows that the Establishment Clause of the First Amend- ment does not proscribe the practice of open- B. Application of the three-part Lemon v. Kurtz- man test confirms that the Nebraska chaplaincy Cantwell v. Connecticut, 310 U.S. 296 ....................3, 6, 15 1195 Committee for Public Education & Religious Lib- Elliott v. White, 23 F.2d 997 ...... 1 .19, 20, 26 IV Cases-Continued Page Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1 ..........7, 11, 28 ... Illinois ex rel. McCollum v. Board of Education, Jackman v. Rosenbaum Co., 260 U.S. 22 ............ Larkin v. Grendel's Den, Inc., No. 81-878 (Dec. 13, Larson v. Valente, No. 80-1666 (Apr. 21, 1982)... 20 Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602............3, 4, 6, 20, 21, 22, 28, 29 Lincoln v. Page, 109 N.H. 30, 241 A.2d 799 20 20 21 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. 22 Murray v. Buchanan, No. 81-1301 (Mar. 9, 1982).. 1-2 14 New York Trust Co. v. Eisner, 256 U.S. 345 7 O'Hair v. Cooke, Civil Action No. A-77-CA-236 (W.D. Tex. filed Jan. 29, 1980), aff'd mem., 638 20 Roemer v. Board of Public Works, 426 U.S. 736...... 5,31 15 United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp., 299 14 Walz v. Tax Commission, 397 U.S. 664....5, 7, 8, 15, 25, 28, 31, 32 Wiest v. Mt. Lebanon School District, 457 Pa. 166, Fourteenth Amendment, Due Process Clause.. 3, 15 Act of Mar. 10, 1796, ch. IV, Section 3. 1 Stat. 449 12 V Constitution, statutes and rules-Continued Act of Sept. 22, 1789, ch. XVII, 1 Stat. 70 Section 4, 1 Stat. 71..... Nebraska Unicameral Legislature Rule 7A, § 1(b).. Miscellaneous: 6 C. Cannon, Precedents of the House of Repre- Cong. Globe, 34th Cong., 1st Sess. 486 (1856)...... Debates and Other Proceedings of the Convention of Virginia (June 2, 1788) Debates, Resolutions and Other Proceedings of the setts (Jan. 9, 1788) ... J. Elliot, Debates on the Adoption of the Federal Page 11 3 6 6 6 27 13 12 13 27 10 10 Vol. 2 Vol. 3 Vol. 5 E. Fleet, Madison's "Detached Memoranda," III History of the United States House of Representa- H.R. Rep. No. 124, 33d Cong., 1st Sess. (1854)...... 9,13 13 10 Journal of the House of Burgesses of Virginia. 8 Journal of the House of Delegates of Virginia 8-9 1 Journal of the House of Representatives, 1st ...3, 10, 11, 12, 13 VI Miscellaneous-Continued 1 Journal of the House of Representatives, 2d Journal of the Proceedings of the General Assem- Journal of the Proceedings of the Senate of the Page 12 9 9 9 9 ..........3, 10, 11, 13 1 Journal of the Senate, 1st Cong., 1st Sess. 6 Journals of the Continental Congress 886 12 9 9 9 9,10 27 Journals of the Continental Congress 683 (1784) 10 Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams (Sept. 10 10 Pennsylvania Packet (Dec. 15, 1787) 10 L. Pfeffer, Church State and Freedom (Beacon Proceedings of the Virginia Convention of Dele- 8 II B. Schwartz, The Bill of Rights: A Documentary 11, 12 S. Rep. No. 376, 32d Cong., 2d Sess. (1853)........13, 18, 27 gress. 1765-1790 (1971) 10 |