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Ford describes the constitutionality of legislative invocations. Current law allows public deliberative bodies and legislatures to have clergy-led invocations without violating the Constitution, provided the prayer does not proselytize or advocate a particular religion. Ford analyzes the law's application in different local government situations.
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Whether it is constitutional or not to open a school board meeting with prayer depends upon a number of factors, including the purpose for having prayer, how individuals offering prayer are selected, and prayer content. Ford describes two important United States Supreme Court prayer cases, Lemon v. Kurtzman and March v. Chambers, then analyzes the law's application in different school board situations.
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This bulletin explores the tension between North Carolina's Open Meetings Act and the desire for confidentiality in mediation hearings addressing public disputes. It analyzes the rules and policies of the open meetings law and compares it to North Carolina's current laws concerning confidentiality in mediation. It uses a hypothetical case to attempt to answer some questions about private mediation between public bodies.