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Congress approved the final draft of the Declaration of Independence.
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The amendment lack on that no state shall "deprive any person of life,liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
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Tennessee teacher, John Scopes, was guilty for going against Tennessee law (teaching the theory of evolution in public schools).
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the U.S. Supreme Court upholds a New Jersey program that reimburses parents for money spent transporting their children to parochial schools. Justice Hugo Black writes: “In the words of Jefferson, the clause against establishment of religion by law was intended to erect ‘a wall of separation between Church and State.’”
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The court states that the demand by Alabama officials for the NAACP to provide them a membership list violates members' associational rights.
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a criminal restriction against burning a drafting card.
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5 children (three teens and two elementary) were protesting against Vietnam War by wearing black armbands. The children were told to remove the bands but they didn't.
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the U.S. Supreme Court invalidates an Arkansas statute prohibiting public school teachers from teaching evolution.
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the U.S. Supreme Court rules that Wisconsin cannot require Amish children to attend school beyond the eighth grade on the grounds that doing so would violate the free exercise of religion.
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To protect interest in religious freedom.
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President Clinton orders the Department of Education to send guidelines on religious expression to every public school district in the US
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Student-initiated prayers at football games violates the establishment clause of the FirstAmendment.
