Year: 1971
Result: 8-0 Lemon won
Constitutional Issue: 1st amendment
Right or Liberty: Liberty
Significance: Sponsoring of the schools by a church was establishing an official religion.
Quote: "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."
Summary: Church cant fund schools, establishes religion
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