Legal Opinion
Edwards v. Aguillard
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 19, 1987No. 85-1513PublishedCited by 805 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
delivered the opinion of the Court.†
The question for decision is whether Louisiana’s “Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science in Public School Instruction” Act (Creationism Act), La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:286.1-17:286.7 (West 1982), is facially in*581valid as violative of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
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The Creationism Act forbids the teaching of the theory of evolution in public schools unless accompanied by instruction in “creation science.” § 17:286.4A. No school is required to teach evolution or creation science. If either is taught, however, the other…
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