Important Date
The creation of the Lemon Test itself
1971
The judge that announced the 8 to 0 ruling of the Lemon vs Kurtzman case
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
The amendment that the Supreme Court decided aiding Church schools had gone against
The First Amendment
The Supreme Court's established decision with the Lemon V. Kurtzman case
The government was in infringing on religious rights in schools; therefore, not keeping church and state separate.
The number of parts to the Lemon test
What is 3 parts?
The date of the Abington School District vs Schempp
1963
The full name of the person the Lemon test named after
Alton Lemon
The name of the court that decided the case
What is the Burger Court?
The state of popularization from the Lemon test since it was established
Popular for radical issues regarding keeping church and state separate
The ending vote that ruled against the court case overall and for the Lemon test
8 to 0
The year of Board of Education v Allen
1968
The person that argued against Lemon in 1971
David H. Kurtzman
First Amendment prohibits government from providing funds to church-run schools.
What is the main Lemon vs Kurtzman focused on?
The modifications that were made to the Lemon test in 1997
The Second and Third parts got combined
Reimbursing for religious schools such as teacher’s salaries, textbook, and materials related to secular subjects
What things/objects the Act reimbursed?
The date of Walz vs Tax Commission
1970
The people the case were up against
Plaintiffs, citizen, and taxpayers brought suit against the Common Wealth of Pennsylvania to have its Nonpublic Education and Secondary Education Act of 1968 declared unconstitutional
Rhode Island and Pennsylvania
What are the two states that violated the establishment clause?
The funding of the Lemon test act
Funding by a new tax on horse racing
The new case that modified the Lemon Test
Agostini v. Felton
The year the Lemon test was revisited
1997
An advocate for Lemon
The 3 separate church state issues were involved with the analysis of the ruling
What is Abington School District v. Schempp, Board of Education v Allen, and Walz v. Tax Commission case?
The reasoning for the Supreme Court deciding not to fund church affiliate schools
An emphasis on keeping religion a private matter for the individuals and the family, and the institution should be a private choice and that while some involvement and entanglements are inevitable, lines must be drawn
The guidelines that help provide uniformity in the court ruling
Secular purpose, neither advancing or inhibiting religion, no government entanglement