Win a Supreme Court Case, Get Denounced by the Media as a Fake Litigant

It’s ugly when the reward for people who win Supreme Court cases affirming their constitutional rights is denunciation by the media as a fraud.

Bremerton High School assistant coach Joe Kennedy takes a knee and prays at the 50-yard line after Bremerton's win over Mount Douglas in a high school football game at Bremerton Memorial Stadium in Bremerton, Wash., on Sept. 1, 2023. Meegan M. Reid/Kitsap Sun via AP

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The headline is what has happened to Joseph Kennedy, the assistant high school football coach in Bremerton, Washington, who made headlines after the local school district suspended him in 2015 for praying at the 50-yard line after Friday night games.