Facts of the case: President Bush created the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, which was designed to create a competition between religious charitable associations and non-religious association for federal funding. At these conferences govt. officials including the president Bush gave speeches in order to promote and raise awareness about these organizations. Unhappy with this development, members of Freedom From Religion filed a case arguing that this promotion by government officials violate the Establishment clause.
Supreme Court’s Judgment: Supreme Court ruled that since these programs were funded with discretionary funds (money that Congress s gives the executive branch to use for general administrative purposes), hence
Supreme Court’s Judgment: Supreme Court ruled that since these programs were funded with discretionary funds (money that Congress s gives the executive branch to use for general administrative purposes), hence