Wallace v. Jaffree

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1985-06-04

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*40 Justice Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court. At an early stage of this litigation, the constitutionality of three Alabama statutes was questioned: (1) § 16-1-20, enacted in 1978, which authorized a 1-minute period of silence in all public schools “for meditation”; 1 (2) § 16-1-20.1, enacted in 1981, which author…

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