At a speech during a hearing of his so-called Religious Liberty Commission, President Donald Trump made a passionate declaration that the Department of Education will issue new guidance “protecting the right to prayer in our public schools, and it’s total protection.”

Who wants to tell him?

If Trump or Education Secretary Linda McMahon had bothered to look at the Department of Education website, they would have found now-archived guidance explaining that nothing in the Constitution prohibits public school students from praying. Students can pray any time they are not engaged in school activities or instruction, can read sacred texts, and can pray with other students during noninstructional time. Students can distribute religious materials to their classmates.

Okay, but what about the fr

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