From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernisi. This is the Daily.

On Monday, the Supreme Court heard a case that could change the way the country treats prayer in school.

Today, my colleague Adam Liptak on what the case of a high school football coach might mean for freedom of religion and for freedom from it.

It's Wednesday, April 27th.

So Adam, what's its stake in this case that the Supreme Court heard on Monday? What's it about?

This case is about a former high school football coach named Joseph Kennedy who lost his job after he had been in prison for the first time in the year.

So Adam, what's its stake in this case that the Supreme Court heard on Monday? What's it about?

This case is about a former high school football coach named Joseph Kennedy who lost his job after he made a habit of going out to the 50-yard line after his team's games to thank God to take a knee and say a prayer.

And that firing raises all kinds of First Amendment issues.

And Adam, how exactly did a case like this get to the Supreme Court?

So I'll give you two kinds of answers, Sabrina. One is that the composition of the court has changed and the current court with a six-justice conservative supermajority has been very receptive to claims of really this freedom.

But also, and in fairness, this particular issue has not been settled because both teachers and students don't leave their First Amendment rights at the schoolhouse gate as a one Supreme Court decision put it.

And there is a role for at least some private religious practice in schools.

You can say grace before a meal if you're a teacher. I don't think that gets you in trouble. But the court has been wary of school prayer in other settings.

And those settings for the most part are more public and can't be said to be someone's private prayer.

Okay, so it sounds like the specifics of this case are pretty important.

So tell me about them, Adam. Who is this coach and what was his story?

So I wanted to find out more about Joe Kennedy. I knew he was a beloved member of his community and I thought the best way to do it was to go out and visit him in Bremerton, Washington, which is near Seattle.

And we spent the morning together.

Actually, you can see that big building right there, that lit up on the cross water. That was Harrison Hospital. That's where I was born.

He gave me a tour of the town, which was also kind of a tour of his past, which was a really dark and difficult childhood.

My parents, they adopted me at birth. They couldn't have kids. So they adopted a girl a year later, they adopted me.

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