Engel v. Vitale(1962) was a case in which the Court <em>“ruled unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and encourage its recitation in public school”.
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The Warren Court addressed the <u>separation of Church and State by ruling unconstitutional the act of saying a prayer in public school, sponsored by schools officials. </u>Court prohibited to recite a prayer in school premises. The majority of the judges decided that school-sponsored prayers were a violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The Court banned any type of prayer or religious readings in public schools, but The Supreme Court authorized private prayer.