The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by law, 24 Pa.Stat. In light of the history of the First Amendment and of our cases interpreting and applying its requirements, we hold that the practices at issue and the laws requiring them are unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause, as applied to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment. While raising the basic questions under slightly different factual situations, the cases permit of joint treatment. Once again we are called upon to consider the scope of the provision of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution which declares that 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof * * *.' These companion cases present the issues in the context of state action requiring that schools begin each day with readings from the Bible. Justice CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court. Finan, Baltimore, Md., for State of Maryland, as amicus curiae. Baker, Jr., Baltimore, Md., for respondents. Kerpelman, Baltimore, Md., for petitioners.įrancis B.
Sawyer III, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees. Killian, III, Harrisburg, Pa., for appellants. CURLETT, President, et al., Individually, and Constituting the Board of School Commissioners of Baltimore City. MURRAY III, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. 1560 10 L.Ed.2d 844 SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ABINGTON TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA, et al., Appellants,Įdward Lewis SCHEMPP et al.
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