Although "Tangipahoa" is Indian for "corn gatherers," most Louisianans have probably wondered if the town's modern meaning is "source of ACLU frustration." In the last 13 years, Tangipahoa School District has been the target of five ACLU lawsuits, most recently over whether the school board was violating the Establishment Clause by opening its meetings with an invocation. Although the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals refused to rule on the constitutionality of the prayers, the judges did decide to vacate an adverse lower court ruling by the slimmest of margins, 8-7. The town celebrated the victory on Wednesday, knowing full well that the ACLU and perhaps even this case will be back. For now, however, it does send an important message to Americans that these left wing Goliaths can pick a fight in every school yard, but it doesn't mean the bullies will win.
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