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McCollum v. Board of Education
A campaign ended up passing and was granted permission to provide voluntary religious classes in public schools in Illinois. School officials only state it to be "Voluntary" just so they can force students to participate. McCollum noticed this when she heard that her own son ended up being ostracized for not simply attending these "voluntary" classes. Which she proved that these campaigns that Illinois permitted violated the 1st amendment and redeemed to be unconstitutional. in favor of McCollum -
Zorach v. Clauson
A law passed in New York that allowed religious students to be released earlier than the non-religious students. A man by the name of William O Douglas seen this to be unfair and agrees that this release time program should not support neither religious or non-religious people. Although the Supreme court disagreed and stated it is permitted and constitutional due to the fact that all of the students who are released early wouldn't have help or not be funded by the schools officials. -
Engel v. Vitale
New York allowed students to not only say the pledge but also along with a prayer. This case was brought by many families of the district and find it unconstitutional due to the fact that it contradicted their religious beliefs. when the case was challenged to be unconstitutional, the supreme court made a 6-1 vote that states it to be violating the 1st amendment and to be unconstitutional. -
Abington School District v. Schempp
Pennsylvania has a state law that requires children to listen and read portions of the Bible in public schools. A resident of the district end up filing a lawsuit stating it to be unconstitutional, state courts was in favor of Schempp but yet the district wish to appeal up to the Supreme Court. The request was never accepted therefore the state law was changed. -
Epperson v. Arkansas
A teacher by the name of Susan Epperson which is a biology teacher noticed that the new text books adapted religious material which was required by law to teach by the state law, when she was filing a lawsuit against the state they ended up dismissing her to be teaching and fired her for not teaching. The Chancery court was in favor of Epperson and agrees that her fourteenth and 1st amendment was violated -
Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of New York
New York allowed religious organizations to be permitted with tax exemption although a man by the name of Frederick Walz that owns real estate in staten islands has filed a law suit with the New York supreme court stating to enjoin the New York City tax commission from letting religious organizations to be permitted with tax exemption. The court went in motion of the defendant since their was no connection on violating the constitution. -
Stone v. Graham
Kentucky's state law stated that the list of ten commandments must be in each public classroom. The law was tested by the supreme court and redeem it to be unconstitutional due to the fact that it had no non-religious purpose for it to be in specifically public classrooms which is overruled to be unconstitutional. -
Rosenberger v. University of Virginia
The University provided funding to all students who seem to be having a eligible criteria. A group of students wanted funding to make copies of a magazine that shows religious expression. The Fund administrator denied them due to it being religious. The students filed a law suite stating that there freedom to express religion has been violated. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the students due to the fact that the administration denied over religion. -
Agostini v. Felton
The New York board of education has tried to figure out a correct method for private students to share the same school as public school students, they ended up telling the state employed supervisors to remove any religious articles from the room before public schooling may start. Although they state that they should not follow the title to avoid conflict with the church and state. The Supreme Court find it to violate the 1st amendment since their is a religious setting in public classrooms.
