Hello and welcome to the political orphanage a home for plucky misfits and problem solvers.

I'm your host Andrew Hegan.

Welcome to Judge Week 2, Church and State.

This week we are exploring the First Amendment, separation of church and state, free exercise, and establishment.

And it's all been inspired by today's episode on Kennedy v. Bremerton.

The Supreme Court recently revisited prayer in schools

and changed its historic position.

I will momentarily be joined by Paul Townsend,

an actual attorney. He's got a law degree and everything and he's the host of in summation the final word a legal podcast that explores infamous court cases today's episode is a joint episode with Paul on my podcast and his as well.

But over here the political orphanage is funded by people who listen to it. It's made possible by listeners via

Patreon.com slash Andrew Heaton. If you're enjoying Judge Week, you want me to keep

doing stuff like this where I do a full week of in-depth

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show on Patreon. Usually we do one episode per week plus a bonus episode.

This week we're doing three I'm happy to do it I love my job

and I think it's important that somebody explains the fundamentals of law and policy instead of just

trying to score partisan points.

Happy to be that guy.

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