dec 8, 1971 - ID 14, Lemon v. Kurtzman

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This court case was about funding in private schools. Essentially, a statute was passed that increasing the funding towards private religious schools in Pennsylvania. It was argued that this was a violation to the first amendment, freedom of religion. Also that the state government was too tied into the church and was unconstitutional to fund it so heavily.

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