Pro Bono Lawyers Make Case to O’Connor in Religious Speech Suit

Posted on Tuesday 29 July 2008

Last week the 4th Circuit ruled that the city of Fredericksburg, Va., acted properly in banning a member of its city council from invoking the name of Jesus Christ in prayers at the start of meetings. Two Hunton & Williams litigators, Robert Rolfe and Terence Rasmussen, talked to the Am Law Daily about the experience of arguing the case on behalf of People for the American Way — in front of a three-judge panel that included retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.


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