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Flast v. Cohen
was a United States Supreme Court case holding that a taxpayer was to sue the government to prevent an unconstitutional use of taxpayer funds. -
Bob Jones University v. United States
was a decision by the United States Supreme Court that the religion clauses of the First Amendment did not prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from revoking the tax exempt status of a religious university whose practices are contrary to a compelling government public policy, such as eradicating racial discrimination. -
Marsh v. Chambers
was a landmark court case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that government funding for chaplains was constitutional because of the unique history of the United States. -
Lynch v. Donnelly
was a United States Supreme Court case challenging the legality of Christmas decorations on town property. -
Wallace v. Jaffree
was a United States Supreme Court case deciding on the issue of silent school prayer. -
Edwards v. Aguillard
was a United States Supreme Court case concerning the constitutionality of teaching creationism. The Court considered a Louisiana law requiring that where evolutionary science was taught in public schools, creation science must also be taught. -
Agostini v. Felton
is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. In this case, the Court overruled its decision in Aguilar v. Felton, now finding that it was not a violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment for a state-sponsored education initiative to allow public school teachers to instruct at religious schools, so long as the material was secular and neutral in nature and no "excessive entanglement" between government and religion was apparent. -
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe
was a case heard before the United States Supreme Court. It ruled that a policy permitting student-led, student-initiated prayer at high school football games violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. -
Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow
was a case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.[1] The lawsuit, originally filed as Newdow v. United States Congress, Elk Grove Unified School District, in 2000, led to a 2002 ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance are an endorsement of religion and therefore violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. -
McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union
was a case argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 2005. At issue was whether the Court should continue to inquire into the purpose behind a religious display and whether evaluation of the government's claim of secular purpose for the religious displays may take evolution into account under an Establishment Clause of the First Amendment analysis. -
Pleasant Grove City v. Summum
is a United States legal case relating to the Constitution's prohibition on a government establishment of religion specifically with respect to monuments on public land.
