· Case: Lemon v. Kurtzman
· Year: 1971
· Result: 8-0, favor Lemon
· Related constitutional issue/amendment: Amendment 1: Establishment of Religion
· Civil rights or Civil liberties: Civil Liberties
· Significance/Precedent: The Court found that the sponsoring of the schools was a process intent on establishing a dominant religion throughout the schools. This would cause the religion of the church to spread and get caught in political and religious issues.
· Quote from majority opinion: “To be constitutional, a statute must have a secular legislative purpose, it must have principal effects which neither advance nor inhibit religion, and it must not foster an excessive government entanglement with religion.”
· Illustration/image: See Below
· 6-word summary: church educational institutions, church funded statue
· Year: 1971
· Result: 8-0, favor Lemon
· Related constitutional issue/amendment: Amendment 1: Establishment of Religion
· Civil rights or Civil liberties: Civil Liberties
· Significance/Precedent: The Court found that the sponsoring of the schools was a process intent on establishing a dominant religion throughout the schools. This would cause the religion of the church to spread and get caught in political and religious issues.
· Quote from majority opinion: “To be constitutional, a statute must have a secular legislative purpose, it must have principal effects which neither advance nor inhibit religion, and it must not foster an excessive government entanglement with religion.”
· Illustration/image: See Below
· 6-word summary: church educational institutions, church funded statue