The case I want to talk about is Engel v. Vitale. It was composed in 1962 and was a landmark United States Supreme Court case that ruled students who are praying in class violated the First Amendment's Clause and public school had to compose official prayers and encourage students to say them. However, the ruling was a bad idea because it eliminated people's relief in their religion. The case was opened by a group of public school students in New Hyde Park, New York, who disagreed that the voluntary prayer written to "Almighty God" contradicted their religious beliefs; on the other hand,the First Amendment said “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” to keep the federal government out from establishing a national
