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    Abington School District V Schempp

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    The Supreme Court ruled that a Pennsylvania law and Abington Township school policy requiring students to read Bible verses and recite the Lord's Prayer each day in public schools violated students' religious freedom protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The daily religious exercises constituted religious ceremonies intended by the state and encroached on both the Free Exercise Clause and Establishment Clause. Allowing parents to excuse children through written notes did not prevent violation of the Establishment Clause.

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    The Supreme Court ruled that a Pennsylvania law and Abington Township school policy requiring students to read Bible verses and recite the Lord's Prayer each day in public schools violated students' religious freedom protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The daily religious exercises constituted religious ceremonies intended by the state and encroached on both the Free Exercise Clause and Establishment Clause. Allowing parents to excuse children through written notes did not prevent violation of the Establishment Clause.

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    The Supreme Court ruled that a Pennsylvania law and Abington Township school policy requiring students to read Bible verses and recite the Lord's Prayer each day in public schools violated students' religious freedom protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The daily religious exercises constituted religious ceremonies intended by the state and encroached on both the Free Exercise Clause and Establishment Clause. Allowing parents to excuse children through written notes did not prevent violation of the Establishment Clause.

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    Abington School District V Schempp

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    The Supreme Court ruled that a Pennsylvania law and Abington Township school policy requiring students to read Bible verses and recite the Lord's Prayer each day in public schools violated students' religious freedom protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The daily religious exercises constituted religious ceremonies intended by the state and encroached on both the Free Exercise Clause and Establishment Clause. Allowing parents to excuse children through written notes did not prevent violation of the Establishment Clause.

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    ABINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT v. SCHEMPP 374 US 203 (1963) Clark, J.

    FACTS:
    The Abington case concerns Bible-reading in Pennsylvania public schools. At the beginning of the school day, students who attended public schools in the state of Pennsylvania were required to read at least ten verses from the Bible. After completing these readings, school authorities required all Abington Township students to recite the Lord's Prayer. Students could be excluded from these exercises by a written note from their parents to the school. ISSUE: Whether or not Pennsylvania law and Abington's policy, requiring public school students to participate in classroom religious exercises, violate the religious freedom of students. HELD: The Court found a violation against the religious freedom of students as protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments. RATIO DECIDENDI: The Court found such a violation. The required activities encroached on both the Free Exercise Clause and the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment since the readings and recitations were essentially religious ceremonies and were "intended by the State to be so." Furthermore, argued Justice Clark, the ability of a parent to excuse a child from these ceremonies by a written note was irrelevant since it did not prevent the school's actions from violating the Establishment Clause.

    OBITER DICTUM: n/a

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