Year: 1962
Result: 6-1 Engel won
Constitutional Issue: 1st amendment
Right or Liberty: Liberty
Significance: New York was establishing a religion by providing prayer.
Quote: "Because of the prohibition of the 1st amendment against the enactment of any law "respecting an establishment of religion," which is made applicable to the States by the 14th amendment, state officials may not compose an official state prayer and require that it be recited in the public schools of the State at the beginning of each school day -- even if the prayer is denominationally neutral and pupils who wish to do so may remain silent or be excused from the room while the prayer is being recited."
Summary: State prayer is unconstitutional, no religion
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