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Prayer In Public Schools Case Study

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The issue of prayer in public schools is not a new one. The two of main Supreme Court cases on this issue, Abington School District v. Scheempp and Engel v. Vitale, both took place in the early sixties. In both of these case Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart was the only one to vote against all the other Justices. In the Supreme Court case Abington School District v. Scheempp, Justice Potter Stewart was the only Justice that voted against Scheempp. His reasoning on the matter was that our nation already has a long history of allowing freedom of religious practices in private places and even in public places to a degree. He pointed the fact that the Supreme Court and Congress both open their sessions with prayer. In the Supreme Court

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