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Lemon V Kurtzman

Published on Apr 12, 2016

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LEMON V. KURTZMAN

BY: ROMEO MARQUEZ
2.

FACTS

  • Pennsylvania and Rhode Island
  • Giving state aid to teachers in private schools
  • A group of individual taxpayers and religious liberty organizations filed suit
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ISSUE

  • Violate first amendment
  • State financial aid available to "church related educational institutions"
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HOLDING

  • 8 to 0 for Lemon
  • Court held that both programs violate the Establishment Clause
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MAJORITY REASONING

  • Create excessive entanglement between a religious existence and the state
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CONCURRENCE

  • Chief Justice Burger
  • Lemon test
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DISSENTING

  • None
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THE END

Romeo Marquez