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Pierce v. Society of Sisters<\/a> (1925)<\/em><\/strong>\nGuaranteed parents the right to enroll their children in private schools, whether religious or secular.<\/p>\n\n

West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette<\/a> (1943)<\/em><\/strong>\nUpheld right of students who were Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses to refuse to salute the American flag, affirming right of students to resist compulsory recitation of official orthodoxy.<\/p>\n\n

McCollum v. Board of Education<\/a> (1948)<\/em><\/strong>\nProhibited use of public schools for voluntary, privately funded religious classes as violation of the Establishment Clause.<\/p>\n\n

Zorach v. Clauson<\/a> (1952)<\/em><\/strong>\nAllowed public schools to excuse students to attend religious classes away from school property.<\/p>\n\n

Engel v. Vitale<\/a> (1962)<\/em><\/strong>\nProhibited recitation of a school-sponsored, nonsectarian prayer as violation of Establishment Clause ban on government creating and sponsoring a religious activity.<\/p>\n\n

Abington School District v. Schempp<\/a> (1963)<\/em><\/strong>\nIn prohibiting a program of daily Bible reading in public schools, ruled that government action must have a predominantly secular purpose.<\/p>\n\n

Epperson v. Arkansas<\/a> (1968)<\/em><\/strong>\nOverturned statute prohibiting the teaching of evolution, on basis that government sought to ban material objectionable to a particular religion.<\/p>\n\n

Tinker v. Des Moines School District<\/a> (1969)<\/em><\/strong>\nUpholding students\u2019 right to wear armbands protesting the Vietnam War, ruled that school authorities cannot suppress expression unless it causes material disruption or violates the rights of others.<\/p>\n\n

Wisconsin v.Yoder<\/a> (1972)<\/em><\/strong>\nIn case involving Old Order Amish, ruled that the Free Exercise Clause limited the state\u2019s power to require children to attend school.<\/p>\n\n

Widmar v. Vincent<\/a> (1981)<\/em><\/strong>\nRuled that a state university could not exclude a student group from using school buildings on the basis of the group\u2019s religious viewpoint.<\/p>\n\n

Edwards v. Aguillard<\/a> (1987)<\/em><\/strong>\nOverturned statute requiring teaching of both evolution and creationism, concluding that the law impermissibly promoted a particular religious belief.<\/p>\n\n

Board of Education v. Mergens<\/a> (1990)<\/em><\/strong>\nUpholding the Equal Access Act, ruled that high schools, like universities, had an obligation to provide equal access to public facilities to all groups, including religious organizations.<\/p>\n\n

Lee v.Weisman<\/a> (1992)<\/em><\/strong>\nProhibited school-sponsored prayer delivered by invited clergy at a school commencement, on the grounds that graduating students were being forced to participate in a religious ceremony.<\/p>\n\n

Rosenberger v. University of Virginia<\/a> (1995)<\/em><\/strong>\nRuled that the Free Speech Clause required the state university to provide the same financial subsidy for a student Christian publication as for all other publications.<\/p>\n\n

Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe<\/a> (2000)<\/em><\/strong>\nRuled that public schools may not sponsor studentrecited prayer at athletic contests or other school events.<\/p>\n\n

Good News Club v. Milford Central School District<\/a> (2001)<\/em><\/strong>\nHeld that the Free Speech Clause prohibited an elementary school from excluding an evangelical Christian program from a list of approved after-school activities.<\/p>\n\n

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