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rob schenck. with me today is pastor pat madeiros, of greece, new york, who has offered many of the prayers before the greece town council and that are at issue in this case. what we heard this morning in the courtroom was a very vigorous exchange between the justices and the attorneys representing the two sides of this debate. we also heard more than a few justices who are quite skeptical about the government dictating how or when clergy or any citizen is allowed to pray. this court has consistently found that prayers offered at legislative sessions are, indeed, constitutional. we argued that legislative prayers are wholely consistent with both the declaration of independence and with the constitution. if they weren't, as some of the justices alluded to in their comments from the bench today, the court would be in trouble with itself because the court began its session today with a form of prayer when the marshall declared, "god save the united states and this honorable court." furthermore, as a