Committee for Public Education & Religious Liberty v. Nyquist
Supreme Court of the United States
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Powell
These cases raise a challenge under the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the constitutionality of a recently enacted New York law which provides financial assistance, in several ways, to nonpublic elementary and secondary schools in that State. The cases involve an intertwining of societal and constitutional issues of the greatest importance.
*760James Madison, in his Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments,1 admonished that a “prudent jealousy” for religious freedoms required that they never become “entangled ... in precedents.”2 His strongly held convictions,…
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2Cases cited22 opinions
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by786 opinions
- Agostini v. FeltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Widmar v. VincentSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Lynch v. DonnellySupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Lee v. WeismanSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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