Lemon V Kurtzman By Manuel Delgadillo Lemon V
Lemon V. Kurtzman By Manuel Delgadillo
Lemon V. Kurtzman (March 3 rd-June 28 th, 1971) The conflict was sparked by the funding of private schools with a religious background in Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. n Through certain acts, the educational system was manipulated to benefit the teachers of private schools. n Similar cases included Early V. Di. Censo, and Robinson V. Di. Censo, all in a similar time frame and conceding vicinity. n
Plaintiff Side Lemon argued that the Rhode Island Pennsylvania statues violated the First Amendment, and with it the Establishment Clause. n Furthermore, it was discussed that the statues violated the Free Exercise clause of the Fourteenth Amendment as the parochial became increasingly powerful. n Both of these claims were aimed to n
Defendants side Kurtzman meanwhile argued that the funding and government help was strictly used only for improving education. n Furthermore, Kurtzman argued that these funds were not used for promoting religious sanctity and practices. n
Decision n The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Lemon on a unanimous decision. n It was decided that the statutes of Rhode Island Pensylvannia were unconstitutional as they violated the separation of church and state.
Lasting effect n n 1. 2. 3. n Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger created a three-step test for any similar occurrences of the future, commonly known as the Lemon test. The lemon test included: That a statue must have a secular legislative purpose. That it must have principle effects which neither advance or inhibit religion That it must not foster a excessive government entanglement with religion. This has established a framework for defining the line between Church and State.
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