Fairfax Covenant Church v. The Fairfax County School Board, Fairfax Covenant Church v. The Fairfax County School Board

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• stating that Supreme Court has recently cast serious doubt upon practice of departing from traditional rule of retroactive application, which is “the rule inherent in the judicial function” of applying and interpreting law in real controversies
• stating, when analyzing a forum domination allegation, that “no one has even hinted that the current policy of providing religious groups access to public school facilities after hours shows a School Board preference for religion or for a particular sect of religion”
• “We are struck, however, by the notable absence in Harper of any statement that Chevron [Oil] is overruled .... ”
• Judicial\decisions almost always apply retroactively because they apply and interpret rules and principles that governed the conduct of the parties at the time that the controversy arose.\
• Judicial\decisions almost always apply retroactively because they apply and interpret rules and principles that governed the conduct of the parties at the time that the controversy arose.\

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