Concept information
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law
legal specialisms
education law
litigation: prayer and religious activities in public schools
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court cases
Preferred term
Lee v. Weisman
Definition
- Prayer as a long-standing tradition in many public school graduation ceremonies came under the scrutiny of the Supreme Court in Lee v. Weisman (1992). The Court ruled that having the school principal select a clergyman to deliver a prayer at graduation violated the Establishment Clause's prohibition against state involvement in establishing religion.Facts of the CaseA public middle school in Lee had a practice of selecting clergy to deliver a graduation invocation and benediction graduation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; Lee v. Weisman]
Belongs to group
Date
- 1992
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Lee_v._Weisman
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