POLI 4021 Chapter : Brief 4
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Facts: alton lemon filed suit against david kurtzman, claiming a secular educational services in nonpublic schools. The lower courts upheld authorized that this money pay only for secular expenses for the same courses that were being taught in public schools. Pennsylvania had spent about million annually by the time the court heard this case (it began in. In earley v. dicenso, the american jewish congress (ajc) Pennsylvania"s funding statue, but not rhode island"s program. establishment laws. A statue must have a secular legislative purpose , An excessive government entanglement with religion in order to be it"s allowing more money to be spent on the religious aspects of these schools. The school is an organism living on one budget. constitutional. Allowing these teachers to have partially paid salaries from the state would entangle the church into the state. This could become problematic in areas with a high religious school attendance.
