REL 130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Lemon V. Kurtzman, Strict Scrutiny, American Civil Liberties Union
28 Nov 2017
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Jewish man challe(cid:374)ged pe(cid:374)(cid:374)syl(cid:448)a(cid:374)ia"s (cid:271)lue la(cid:449)s after (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g (cid:272)harge for (cid:449)orki(cid:374)g on sundays. Gallagher v. crown kosher supermarket (1961: another jewish man arrested for opening on sundays. Strict scrutiny used in sherbert v. verner in response to public outcry from sunday blue laws. Marsh v. chambers (1983: upheld constitutionality of state legislative chaplains, overturned lower court case and ignoring the lemon test. Town of grace v. galloway (2014: also upheld legislative prayers. Lynch v. donnelly (1984: upheld constitutionality of a government display of a manger scene with jesus. Allegheny county v. aclu (1989: outlawed a public holiday display because, unlike lynch, the display was on a prominent piece of government land and not in a private park. Mccreary county v. aclu (2005: struck down display of ten commandments on government land. Van orden v. perry (2005: same day as mccreary. Ignored lemon test and upheld constitutionality of the ten commandments on government property.
