Freedom of Religion Court Cases
Zorach v. Clauson
-Zorach v. Clauson was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States considered a New York law that permitted schools to allow some students to leave school during school hours for purposes of religious instruction or practice while requiring others to stay in school. The students were allowed to leave only on written request of their guardians, and religious organizations shared their attendance records with the schools. The schools did not fund or otherwise assist in the development of these programs. The Supreme Court upheld the law, finding that it did not violate the First Amendment.
-Majority: Douglas, Vinson, Reed, Burton, Clark, Minton
-Dissent: Black, Frankfurter, Jackson
-Majority: Douglas, Vinson, Reed, Burton, Clark, Minton
-Dissent: Black, Frankfurter, Jackson
Aguilar v. Felton
-Aguilar v. Felton was a case with a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that New York City's program that sent public school teachers into parochial schools to provide remedial education to disadvantaged children pursuant to Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 necessitated an excessive entanglement of church and state and violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
-Majority: Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, Stevens
-Dissent: Burger, White, Rehnquist, O'Connor
-Majority: Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, Stevens
-Dissent: Burger, White, Rehnquist, O'Connor