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 Edwards v. Aguillard self-linksurface differs
surface form: Louisiana Creationism Act
country United States of America
surface form: United States
findsEffect advances a particular religious belief
findsPrimaryPurpose to endorse a particular religious doctrine
geographicalJurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
hasArgumentDate 1986-12-10
hasCitation 482 U.S. 578
hasConcurrenceBy John Paul Stevens
Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Sandra Day O’Connor
surface form: 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 Edwards v. Aguillard self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
surface form: Establishment Clause of the First Amendment

balanced treatment of creationism and evolution
teaching of creationism in public schools
hasMajorityJoiner Antonin Scalia
surface form: Antonin Scalia (in part and in the judgment? -> incorrect)

Harry A. Blackmun
John Paul Stevens
Sandra Day O’Connor
surface form: 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 Edwards v. Aguillard self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Don Aguillard, et al. v. Edwin W. Edwards, Governor of Louisiana, et al.
Edwards v. Aguillard concernsStatute Edwards v. Aguillard self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Louisiana Creationism Act
Scopes v. State relatedCase Edwards v. Aguillard
Epperson v. Arkansas relatedCase Edwards v. Aguillard