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Prayer was removed from public schools in the United States to uphold the constitutional principle of separating church and state. The Supreme Court ruled that organized prayer in public schools violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, which prohibits the government from promoting or endorsing a specific religion.
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The 1st Amendment
The First Amendment Establishment Clause has been used to ban organized prayer in public schools.
both cases established limits on public schools' actions based on the first amendment
The NAACP argued that segregated schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment. They contended that segregation denied African American students equal educational opportunities, thereby infringing upon their rights. This legal stance was pivotal in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, where the Supreme Court ultimately ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
It's important to specify the nature of these "certain theories" in order to advance the discussion, because the foundation of the subject is relevant to the Supreme Court ruling. If, for example, "certain theories" means teaching creationism or intelligent design, the Supreme Court would invoke the First Amendment Establishment Clause, because the Court already determined, in Edwards v. Aguillard, (1987), that intelligent design can't be taught in public schools due to its basis in creationism, a religious concept.For a more in-depth discussion of the topic, see Related Questions, below.