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Cases
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Misc.
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Act of Congress designed to enhance religious freedom
What is Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)?
100
This case the Court upheld in an Air Force dress code requirement against the challenge of an Orthodox Jew who was disciplined for wearing a yarmulke while in uniform.
What is Goldman v. Weinberger (1986)?
100
Clause in the First Amendment prohibiting Congress from abridging the free exercise of religion.
What is Free Exercise Clause?
100
The Court used the three-pronged test in this case in striking down a New York law that provided various forms of economic aid to parochial schools.
What is Committee for Public Education v. Nyquist (1973)?
100
In his original draft of the Bill of Rights, he proposed that State as well as Federal establishments of religion be prohibited.
Who is James Madison?
200
This doctrine says that the government assistance to religious schools can be justified if the effect is to benefit the child rather than to promote religion.
What is child benefit theory?
200
This case the Supreme Court held that a state's compulsory high school attendance law could not be constitutionally applied to members of the Old Order Amish Faith.
What is Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)?
200
The constitutional right to be free from government coercion or restraint with respect to religious beliefs and practices guaranteed by the First Amendment.
What is free exercise of religion?
200
In this case the Court held that if a school permits after hours activities concerning moral or character development, it cannot prohibit activities even if they involve religious instruction of elementary school students.
What is Good News Club v. Milford Central School (2001)?
200
Conduct undertaken to express a religious message.
What is expressive religious conduct?
300
To accommodate the religious beliefs of public school students, the Court upheld a program that allows students to leave campus to attend religious exercises.
What is the released-time programs?
300
This case the Supreme Court applied the Establishment Clause to the states via 14th Amendment, the issue was whether a local school board could reimburse parents for expense they incurred in transporting their children to and from Catholic schools.
What is Everson v. Board of Education (1947)?
300
First Amendment doctrine that holds that there must be a "wall of separation" between religion and government.
What is separation of church and state?
300
In this case the Court invalidated a New York Board of Regents policy that established the voluntary recitation of a brief generic prayer by children in the public schools at the start of each school day.
What is Engel v. Vitale (1962)?
300
Philosophy that man, not God, is the source of standards of right and wrong.
What is secular humanism?
400
A collective term for the Supreme Court's decisions of the 1960's prohibiting various activities of a religious nature in the public schools.
What is school prayer decisions?
400
This case the Court upheld a New York policy under which public school students who received parental permission left campus to attend religious services while other students attended in study hall.
What is Zorach v. Clauson (1952)?
400
Amendment included in the Bill of Rights that protects freedom of religion and freedom of expression.
What is the First Amendment?
400
In this case the Court held unconstitutional the practice of inviting a member of the clergy to deliver nonsectarian prayer at a public school graduation ceremony.
What is Lee v. Weisiman (1992)?
400
Expression of a religious nature.
What is religious speech?
500
Policy under which public school students are required to observe a minute of silence at the beginning of the school day.
What is moment of silence?
500
This case the Supreme Court said that public school facilities that have been designated an open forum may not be placed off limits to religious groups.
What is Widmar v. Vincent (1981)?
500
The doctrine that government must be strictly neutral on matters of religion.
What is strict neutrality?
500
This case the Court confronted an issue where the Hastings College of Law refused to allow the Christian Legal Society to become a registered student organization because of their stand against homosexuality.
What is Christian Legal Society v. Martinez (2010)?
500
Laws, now largely obsolete, prohibiting business from opening on Sundays.
What is Sunday closing laws?
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