COACH’S APPEAL DENIED

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has declined Joe Kennedy’s request for a legal injunction that would have reinstated him to his job as an assistant football coach at Bremerton (Wash.) High School and allowed him to pray after games. Attorneys who worked on behalf of Kennedy in the high-profile case are considering their next steps, including whether to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision, but there is no guarantee that it will. A group that backed Bremerton schools hailed the decision.