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That Time the Supreme Court BANNED PRAYER in Schools... Except They Didn’t
Episode 1196

That Time the Supreme Court BANNED PRAYER in Schools... Except They Didn’t

OA1196 - This week in our continuing Still Good Law series, Matt and Jenessa take on the 1963 Supreme Court case which is still believed to hold the record for angering the most Americans at the same time: 1963’s Engel v. Vitale. Find out why a...

Opening Arguments · Opening Arguments Media LLC

October 6, 202557m 21s

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OA1196 - This week in our continuing Still Good Law series, Matt and Jenessa take on the 1963 Supreme Court case which is still believed to hold the record for angering the most Americans at the same time: 1963’s Engel v. Vitale. Find out why a decision which even the Warren Court’s conservative justices did not see as particularly controversial to keep New York school administrators from publicly making one 22-word statement to students every morning kicked off a firestorm which is still at the heart of the American culture wars.

  1. Engel v. Vitale , 370 U.S. 421 (1963)

  2. Engel v. Vitale (New York Supreme Court, 1960)

  3. Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1 (1947)

  4. Massachusetts General Law - Part IV, Title I, Chapter 272, Section 36 (Blasphemy statute)

  5. GOD, CIVIC VIRTUE, AND THE AMERICAN WAY: RECONSTRUCTING ENGEL, Corinna Barrett Lain, Stanford Law Review (2015)