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| Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 1925 |
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| Compulsory attendance at a public school law. Found unconstitutional. |
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| Everson v. Board of Education, 1947 |
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| Allowed public, tax supported busing of students attending any school in the State including parochial schools. |
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| Allowed released-time program in New York City because the religious classes were held in private places. |
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| Struck down State mandated prayer in public schools. |
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| Abington School District v. Schempp, 1963 |
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| Struck down the law mandating that the school day begin with prayer and Bible readings. |
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| Struck down Alabama law that required a moment of silence for mediation or voluntary prayer. |
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| Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe, 2000 |
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| Struck down law permitting student lead prayer at high school football games. |
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| Established Lemon Test- the purpose of State aid for a parochial school must be clearly secular. |
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| Allowed a city in Rhode Island to include a nativity scene in a holiday display that also included secular items. |
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| County of Allegheny v. ACLU, 1989 |
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| Large seasonal display celebrating the birth of Jesus declared unconstitutional. |
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| Upheld the practice of opening congressional and State legislative sessions with prayer. |
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| Reynolds v. United States, 1879 |
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| Upheld the conviction of a man who practiced polygamy. |
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| McGowan v. Maryland, 1961 |
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| Upheld laws that require businesses to be closed on Sundays. |
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| Welsh v. United States, 1970 |
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| Allowed the federal government to draft those with religious objections to military service. |
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| Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association, 1988 |
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| Allowed private companies to build roads and cut timber in national forests that Native Americans have traditionally used for religious purposes. |
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| Cantwell v. Connecticut, 1940 |
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| Struck down the law requiring people to get a license before soliciting money for a religious cause. |
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| Upheld that a State can't deny unemployment benefits to a worker who quit a job because of a conflict with religious beliefs. |
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| West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette, 1943 |
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| Compulsory flag salute law declared unconstitutional. |
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