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| Good evening. It was a very busy weekend of news and opinion columns so let's just get started by diving into some of the big decisions handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court. |
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| By Frank Lambert |
| As a rookie with the Pittsburgh Steelers, I objected to the pre-game prayers. They were the same each week and represented a negotiation with the almighty. |
| Although the prayers were led by our defensive captain instead of a coach, I felt considerable pressure to attend. I did not want to offend a powerful veteran, and I wanted to be a good teammate. |
 | | Joseph Kennedy, a former assistant football coach at Bremerton High School in Bremerton, Wash., on March 9, 2022. The Supreme Court is expected to rule on his case in June 2022. | | Ted S. Warren/AP | |
| Some veterans on the team ignored the sessions and went about their pre-game preparations. But I listened, and what I heard was counter to my beliefs. The defensive captain lectured God on how hard we had worked in practice, implying that our efforts warranted divine help as a reward. |
| That was not my prayer. (READ MORE) |
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| By Ingrid Jacques |
| Since COVID-19 emerged in early 2020, families have had their children's education upended. |
| Many public schools remained shuttered to in-person learning for more than a year, leaving parents with few options – especially if they couldn't afford private schools that were much more likely to keep their classrooms open during the pandemic. |
| The frustration that ensued from parents juggling work and their children's learning, as well as the depression many students suffered while being stuck at home, spurred an explosion of school choice initiatives around the country. (READ MORE) |
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| By Richard Wolf |
| Please excuse your family, friends, neighbors and colleagues if they are confused by the Supreme Court. |
| One day, the Court that Trump Built says states cannot decide for themselves whether to let guns proliferate in public. The Constitution, apparently, says virtually all Americans can take them to the streets. |
 | | From left, Justices Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas and Elena Kagan, Chief Justice John Roberts, and Justices Neil Gorsuch, Stephen Breyer, Amy Coney Barrett and Sonia Sotomayor. | | Erin Schaff/Pool photo | |
| The next day, the same conservative justices say the Constitution does not protect a woman's right to choose an abortion. That decision should be left up to the states. (READ MORE) |
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