Edwards v. Aguillard

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1987-06-19

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Justice Brennan delivered the opinion of the Court. † The question for decision is whether Louisiana’s “Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science in Public School Instruction” Act (Creationism Act), La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:286.1-17:286.7 (West 1982), is facially in *581 valid as violative of the Establishment C…

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