Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case that ruled it is unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and encourage its recitation in public schools.
In Engel v. Vitale, the Supreme Court ruled that the prayers and religious manifestations in public schools carried out by the school management are illegal for violating the Establishment Clause of Article One of the Constitution of the United States, which explicitly prohibits all types of religious manifestation by the government or its dependents.
