Edwards v. Aguillard

I write separately to note certain aspects of the legislative history, and to emphasize that nothing in the Court’s opinion diminishes the traditionally broad discretion accorded state and local school officials in the selection of the public school curriculum.

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This Court consistently has applied the three-pronged test of Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U. S. 602 (1971), to determine whether a particular state action violates the Establishment Clause of the Constitution.1 See, e. g., Grand Rapids School Dist. v. Ball, 473 U. S. 373, 383 (1985) (“We have particularly relied on Lemon in every case…