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Who was the defendant in schempp v abington?
edward schempp
Why did the US Supreme Court agree to hear Abington v. Schempp?
Abington Township v. Schempp involved a challenge to prayer in public schools as unconstitutional under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The Supreme Court addressed the conflict between school prayer and the First Amendment Establishment Clause during the previous Term in Engel v. Vitale, (1962), but wanted to clarify some points that raised protests from certain members of the Christian public.Specifically, the Supreme Court wanted to address concerns about their interpretation of the Establishment Clause prohibiting public schools from sponsoring prayer, because the decision departed from two hundred years of American tradition in which Christianity and public education were freely intermingled.Some people objected to the Fourteenth Amendment applying the Establishment Clause to the states, and believed that the the First Amendment "forbade only governmental preference of one faith over another," but that the prohibition didn't extend to schools.Justice William J. Brennan wrote an historically significant concurrence in Schempp that clearly explicated the religious traditions in American culture, the intention of the Founding Fathers when framing the Constitution, and the history and meaning of the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Brennan's opinion outlined the Supreme Court's reasoning in both Engle v. Vitale and Schempp, and helped lay the foundation for future decisions further separating church and state.Case Citation:Abington Township School District v. Schempp, 374 US 203 (1963)For more information, see Related Questions, below.
What case said recitation of prayer in school was unconstitutional?
The two cases most relating to school prayer are Engel v. Vitale (1962) andAbington Township School District v. Schempp (1963). The first case originated in NY and ruled that the school board could not require students to the recite a prayer they had written. Such required recitation was a form of state-mandated religion.The second case, filed by a Unitarian couple in Philadelphia, ruled that required school-sponsored reading of the Bible or the Lord's prayer was illegal.
When was Abington School District v. Schempp heard in the US Supreme Court?
Abington Township School District v. Schempp,374 US 203 (1963)Abington Township v. Schempp involved a challenge to prayer in public schools as unconstitutional under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The Supreme Court had addressed the conflict between school prayer and the First Amendment Establishment Clause the previous Term in Engel v. Vitale, (1962), but wanted to clarify some points that had raised protests from some members of the Christian public.Schempp moved quickly from the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to the US Supreme Court in early 1963, bypassing the US Court of Appeals Circuit Court.The justices heard oral arguments on February 27 and February 28, 1963, and rendered their 8-1 decision in favor of Schempp on June 17, 1963.The Supreme Court affirmed the US District Court decision overturning a Pennsylvania statute requiring Bible verses be read at the beginning of each school day.For more information, see Related Questions, below.
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