Edwards v. Aguillard

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Edwards v. Aguillard is a 1987 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down a Louisiana law requiring the teaching of creationism alongside evolution in public schools as a violation of the Establishment Clause.

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instanceOf Establishment Clause case ⓘ
First Amendment case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
appliesTo public elementary and secondary schools ⓘ
citesConstitutionalProvision Establishment Clause ⓘ
First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
concernsStatute Louisiana Creationism Act ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
findsEffect advances a particular religious belief ⓘ
findsPrimaryPurpose to endorse a particular religious doctrine ⓘ
geographicalJurisdiction United States ⓘ
hasArgumentDate 1986-12-10 ⓘ
hasCitation 482 U.S. 578 ⓘ
hasConcurrenceBy John Paul Stevens ⓘ
Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ
Sandra Day O'Connor ⓘ
hasCourt Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
hasDecisionDate 1987-06-19 ⓘ
hasDissentBy Antonin Scalia ⓘ
William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
hasDocketNumber 85-1513 ⓘ
hasFullName Don Aguillard, et al. v. Edwin W. Edwards, Governor of Louisiana, et al. ⓘ
hasImpactOn science education in public schools ⓘ
subsequent litigation over intelligent design and creationism ⓘ
hasLegalIssue Establishment Clause of the First Amendment ⓘ
balanced treatment of creationism and evolution ⓘ
teaching of creationism in public schools ⓘ
hasMajorityJoiner Antonin Scalia (in part and in the judgment? -> incorrect) ⓘ
linked to: Antonin Scalia

Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ
John Paul Stevens ⓘ
Sandra Day O'Connor ⓘ
Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
hasMajorityOpinionBy William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
hasStateInvolved Louisiana ⓘ
hasVote 7-2 ⓘ
holds Louisiana Creationism Act is unconstitutional ⓘ
law requiring teaching of creation science alongside evolution violates the Establishment Clause ⓘ
overrulesOrInvalidates Louisiana law requiring balanced treatment for creation science and evolution ⓘ
relatedCase Epperson v. Arkansas ⓘ
Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District ⓘ
Lemon v. Kurtzman ⓘ
relatesTo creation science ⓘ
teaching of evolution in public schools ⓘ
topic constitutional law ⓘ
religion in public education ⓘ
separation of church and state ⓘ
usesTest Lemon test ⓘ
yearDecided 1987 ⓘ

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Edwards v. Aguillard → hasFullName → Don Aguillard, et al. v. Edwin W. Edwards, Governor of Louisiana, et al. ⓘ
linked to: Edwards v. Aguillard
Edwards v. Aguillard → concernsStatute → Louisiana Creationism Act ⓘ
linked to: Edwards v. Aguillard
Scopes v. State → relatedCase → Edwards v. Aguillard ⓘ
Epperson v. Arkansas → relatedCase → Edwards v. Aguillard ⓘ