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Lemon v. Kurtzman
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Lemon v. Kurtzman
By: Lucy Moon 3B
Constitutional, Political, & Legal Consequences
- The Lemon test was developed to determine the limits of giving taxpayer money to schools. The state cannot give money to religious schools. It tests to see if laws line up with the first amendment's Establishment clause.
- The case helps define the line between the state and church but also caused some conflict.
Majority Decision
- The act of the state government giving taxpayer money to parochial schools was considered unconstitutional because it went against the Establishment clause of the 1st amendment.
- Vote: 7-0
Arguments
- Taxpayers and Religious liberty organizations: It is unconstitutional for the state to provide money to religious schools.
- Pennsylvania: They gave money to secular topics with school supplies and other forms of provision.
- Rhode Island: They gave the salary to teachers that taught secular ideas even though it was in religious schools.
Case Information
- Lemon v. Kurtzman
- Year: 1971
- Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger
Backround
- A catholic school was receiving taxpayers' money for its education system in the state of Pennsylvania.
- The Supreme court case was made up of three cases: Lemon v. Kurtzman, Earley v. DiCenso, and Robinson v. DiCenso.
- This same concern with religious schools recieving money from the state also was in Rhode Island.
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