MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE BILL OF RIGHTS THE CONSTITUTIONS FIRST 10 AMENDMENTS
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state-required prayer in public schools
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the study of religions in public schools
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released time for religious instruction for public school students
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transportation of students to parochial schools at public expense
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Detailed explanation-1: -Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that it is unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and encourage its recitation in public schools, due to violation of the First Amendment.
Detailed explanation-2: -Vitale. School-sponsored prayer in public schools is unconstitutional.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Court ruled that the constitutional prohibition of laws establishing religion meant that government had no business drafting formal prayers for any segment of its population to repeat in a government-sponsored religious program.
Detailed explanation-4: -Engel v. Vitale is the 1962 landmark Supreme Court decision that struck down prayer in public schools. The case presented squarely the question of whether a public school could sanction classroom prayers at a time when America was increasingly pluralistic and secular.
Detailed explanation-5: -Citing Engel, the Court held that school-sponsored Bible reading constituted government endorsement of a particular religion, and thus violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. Public schools may not prohibit student religious groups from meeting on school grounds after hours.