Judge Casas’ Ruling
In APUSA Inc. v The State of California the court rules in favor of APUSA,Inc. The court finds the State of California violated the establishment clause using the Lemon Test and Agostoni test. In both instances the CCQEA explicitly violates the establishment clause by way of money being directly distributed from the government to the religious institutions, joined with a lack of specificity of how the money is to be used. The State of California would be served in adding guidelines to the law clearly dictating that grant money is not to be used for secular purpose. Secular purpose includes (but is not limited to) recruiting, indoctrination, etc. In Chosen-One v The State of California and in Trinity Evangelical v. The
In APUSA Inc. v The State of California the court rules in favor of APUSA,Inc. The court finds the State of California violated the establishment clause using the Lemon Test and Agostoni test. In both instances the CCQEA explicitly violates the establishment clause by way of money being directly distributed from the government to the religious institutions, joined with a lack of specificity of how the money is to be used. The State of California would be served in adding guidelines to the law clearly dictating that grant money is not to be used for secular purpose. Secular purpose includes (but is not limited to) recruiting, indoctrination, etc. In Chosen-One v The State of California and in Trinity Evangelical v. The