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| Declared invalid the convictions of Amish parents for violation of the state compulsory education law. |
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| Employment Division v. Smith |
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| Upheld the denial of unemployment benefits to Native Americans discharged for use of peyote in religious ceremony. |
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| Pierce v. Society of Sisters |
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| Declared unconstitutional a state law that required parents to send children, aged 8-16, to public schools. |
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| Minersville School Dist. v. Gobitis |
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| Upheld a school board resolution requiring teachers and students to salute flag while reciting pledge of allegiance. |
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| West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette |
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| Declared unconstitutional a school board policy that required public school students to participate in a fag salute-pledge of allegiance ceremony. [The Court reversed Gobitis] |
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| Declared unconstitutional a policy that established voluntary recitation of a Ageneric@ prayer in public schools. |
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| Abington School Dist. V. Schempp |
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| Declared unconstitutional a state law that required the reading, without comment, of Bible verses in public schools |
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| Declared unconstitutional a public school board rule providing for reading, without comment, the Bible and/or the recitation of Lord=s prayer |
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| Declared unconstitutional a state law that prohibited the teaching of evolution in the public schools. |
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| Declared unconstitutional a state law that required public school students to observe a moment of silence for meditation or voluntary prayer. |
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| Upheld city-sponsored nativity scene. |
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| Declared unconstitutional a state mandate that the teaching of creation science [creationism] be given equal time in public school classrooms. |
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| Upheld the placement on the grounds surrounding the state capitol a monument containing the Ten Commandments. |
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| McCreary County v. A.C.L.U. |
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| Declared unconstitutional the posting of the Ten Commandments inside of county courthouses. |
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