Engel v. Vitale, 82 S. Ct. 1261 (1962) Any kind of prayer, composed by public school districts, even nondenominational prayer, is unconstitutional government sponsorship of religion Wallace v. Jaffree, 105 S. Ct. 2479 (1985) States moment of silence at public school statute is unconstitutional where legislative record reveals that motivation for statute was the encouragement of prayer. Court majority silent on whether pure moment of silence scheme, with no bias in favor of prayer or any other mental process, would be constitutional. Edwards v. Aquillard, 107 S. Ct. 2573 (1987) Unconstitutional for state to require teaching of creation science in all instances in which evolution is taught. Statute had a clear religious motivation. Allegheny County v. ACLU, 492 U.S. 573 (1989) Court finds that a nativity scene displayed inside a government building violates the Establishment Clause. Lee
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