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Chapter 19 Court Cases
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12th Grade
04/27/2013

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Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 1925
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Compulsory attendance at a public school law. Found unconstitutional.
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Everson v. Board of Education, 1947
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Allowed public, tax supported busing of students attending any school in the State including parochial schools.
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Zorach v. Clauson, 1952
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Allowed released-time program in New York City because the religious classes were held in private places.
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Engel v. Vitale, 1962
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Struck down State mandated prayer in public schools.
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Abington School District v. Schempp, 1963
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Struck down the law mandating that the school day begin with prayer and Bible readings.
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Wallace v. Jaffree, 1985
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Struck down Alabama law that required a moment of silence for mediation or voluntary prayer.
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Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe, 2000
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Struck down law permitting student lead prayer at high school football games.
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Lemon v. Kurtzman, 1971
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Established Lemon Test- the purpose of State aid for a parochial school must be clearly secular.
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Lynch v. Donnelly, 1984
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Allowed a city in Rhode Island to include a nativity scene in a holiday display that also included secular items.
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County of Allegheny v. ACLU, 1989
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Large seasonal display celebrating the birth of Jesus declared unconstitutional.
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Marsh v. Chambers, 1983
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Upheld the practice of opening congressional and State legislative sessions with prayer.
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Reynolds v. United States, 1879
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Upheld the conviction of a man who practiced polygamy.
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McGowan v. Maryland, 1961
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Upheld laws that require businesses to be closed on Sundays.
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Welsh v. United States, 1970
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Allowed the federal government to draft those with religious objections to military service.
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Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association, 1988
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Allowed private companies to build roads and cut timber in national forests that Native Americans have traditionally used for religious purposes.
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Cantwell v. Connecticut, 1940
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Struck down the law requiring people to get a license before soliciting money for a religious cause.
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Sherbert v. Verner, 1963
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Upheld that a State can't deny unemployment benefits to a worker who quit a job because of a conflict with religious beliefs.
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West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette, 1943
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Compulsory flag salute law declared unconstitutional.
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