Freedom of Religion Cases by LATRELL PARKER https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax en-us 2017-02-10 12:44:51 UTC 2017-02-16 13:38:44 UTC hello@padlet.com Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925) 316817 https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153036837
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    • ]]>     2017-02-10 13:08:41 UTC https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153036837     Everson v. Board of Education (1947) 316817 https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153036871
  • Issue: NJ reimbursing parents of parochial & private school students for the costs of busing their children.
  • Decision: Applied the Establishment Clause to the actions of state government; upheld because assistance went to child, not the Church
    • ]]>     2017-02-10 13:08:57 UTC https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153036871     McCollum v. Board of Education (1948) 316817 https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153036948
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    • ]]>     2017-02-10 13:09:21 UTC https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153036948     Engel v. Vitale (1962) 316817 https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153036971
  • Issue: NY law required a state-composed prayer to begin the school days.
  • Decision: Declared unconstitutional; violate of the Establishment Clause
    • ]]>     2017-02-10 13:09:31 UTC https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153036971     Good News Club v. Milford Central School (2001) 316817 https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153037019
  • Issue: Schools wouldn't allow religious clubs to meet on school grounds after school; violates Establishment Clause
  • Decision: Court decided allowing them to meet did not violate the Establishment Clause
    • ]]>     2017-02-10 13:09:47 UTC https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153037019     Epperson v. Arkansas (1968) 316817 https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153037074
  • Issue: Arkansas law prohibits teaching of Evolution
  • Decision: Ruled unconstitutional; b/c based on "fundamentalist sectarian conviction" & violated the Establishment Clause
    • ]]>     2017-02-10 13:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153037074     Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971) 316817 https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153037145
  • Issue: Pennsylvania law reimbursing religious schools for textbooks & teacher salaries
  • Decision: doesn't violate Constitution if:
    1. primary secular purpose
    2. secular principle effect
    3. gov & religion are not entangled
    • ]]>     2017-02-10 13:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153037145     Lynch v. Donnelly(1984) 316817 https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153037201
  • Issue: City annually erects display in public park owned by a non-profit organization; respondents claims that it violates the Establishment Clause
  • Decision: The Court decided the banner was based on Christmas, and not the religion. Therefore, it didn't violate the Establishment Clause
    • ]]>     2017-02-10 13:10:42 UTC https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153037201     Marsh v. Chambers (1983) 316817 https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153037245
  • Issue: Respondent member of the Nebraska Legislature brought an action in Federal District Court, claiming that the legislature's chaplaincy practice violates the Establishment Clause
  • Decision: The Court decided the practice did not violate the Establishment Clause
    • ]]>     2017-02-10 13:10:58 UTC https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153037245     Van Orden v. Perry and McCreary County v. ACLU (2005) 316817 https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153037315
  • Issue: Respondents state that Ten Commandments monument violates the Establishment Clause
  • Decision: The judgement was affirmed
    • ]]>     2017-02-10 13:11:22 UTC https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153037315     Reynolds v. United States (1879) 316817 https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153037408
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    • ]]>     2017-02-10 13:11:54 UTC https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153037408     Cantwell v. Connecticut (1940) 316817 https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153037439
  • Issue: States couldn't require special permits for religious solicitation when they weren't required for non-religious solicitation
  • Decision: The Court began applying the Free Exercise Clause to the states & recognized an absolute freedom of belief
    • ]]>     2017-02-10 13:12:04 UTC https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153037439     Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972) 316817 https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153037521
  • Issue: State law requiring school attendance for all 14 to 16 yr/old's
  • Decision: Court ruled the Amish adolescents would be exempt because it goes against their religion.
    • ]]>     2017-02-10 13:12:31 UTC https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153037521     Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah (1993) 316817 https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153037913
  • Issue: 4 FL cities pass laws to ban animal sacrifice; targeted at Santeria religion, which employs animal sacrifice in prayer
  • Decision: Court decided the laws were unconstitutional
    • ]]>     2017-02-10 13:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153037913     Minersville School District v. Gobitis (1940) 316817 https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153039564
  • Issue: Pennsylvania law required students to salute the flag; it would go against his religion, free exercise clause
  • Decision: Court ruled against him but it was reversed three years later in a similar case
    • ]]>     2017-02-10 13:21:31 UTC https://padlet.com/316817/8p4drb78d2ax/wish/153039564