Fourth Circuit Approves Legislative Prayer
Editor’s note: On Oct. 31, 2016, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to re-hear the case en banc. Oral arguments are tentatively scheduled for Jan. 24-26, 2017.
On March 4, 1789, the First United States Congress met in Federal Hall in New York City. The air was (probably) thick with dust from the street and powder from their wigs. With the ink still drying on the U.S. Constitution, the actions of that First Congress shed light on how the founders of our nation interpreted the supreme law of the land…that is, according to our U.S. Supreme Court.