The Establishment Clause Case Study

The establishment clause prohibits the government from making an laws that respects any form of religion. This clause also prohibits the government from favoring one religion over another. In order to determine whether or not the government is violating this establishment clause, the Courts developed the Lemon Test. In 1971, the Supreme Court case of Lemon v. Kurtzman set up the precedent for government funding of religious schools. However, in order for the government to follow constitutionality of law, actions were made by the Supreme Court Justices that established the Lemon Test to regulate government funding of religious schools.
Pennsylvania and Rhode Island provided state aid funding to church-related elementary and secondary schools.