Don Aguillard v. Edwin W. Edwards

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

We consider today a constitutional challenge to the Louisiana law entitled “Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science in Public School Instruction” (the Act). The statute in essence requires the teaching of creation-science in Louisiana public schools whenever evolution is taught. The district court struck down the law as unconstitutional, holding that there was no legitimate secular purpose for the Act and that the Act would have the effect of promoting religion. We affirm the district court’s judgment. In truth, notwithstanding the supposed…