Question

In the Engle v. Vitale case of 1962, what did the Supreme Court rule was unconstitutional?

segregation
Prayers led by students on their own time
Prayer is done as classroom exercises in public schools
Police search or seizure without an authorized warrant

Answer 1

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The Supreme Court case Engel v. Vitale was heard in 1961 when some parents of students forced to recite daily prayers in school sued the New York school district.

The involved parents believed prayer in schools violated the First Amendment.

Majority opinion stated that public schools had no right to include official prayers, as it violated the Establishment Clause.

Dissenting opinion stated that allowing students to pray was in no way a violation of the Constitution. On the contrary, denying students the right to pray in school was unfair.

Conclude with your own thoughts on the matter.

Answer 2

The correct answer is C. Prayer is done as classroom exercise in public schools. In 1951, the State Board of Regents of New York composed a non-denominational prayer for public school students to recite each morning. Years after, in 1958, Steven Engel and other parents from a public school in Long Island objected and protested the prayer. The Supreme Court four years later, in this case, held that, voluntarily or not, reciting prayers in public schools was unconstitutional, violating the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and remarked the importance of separation between state and religious activities.