Question

What does the Supreme Court use to decide whether a State law amounts to an “establishment” of religion?

Answer 1

C. the Lemon test is decide that. 

Answer 2

The correct answer is C. The Lemon test

Explanation:

The First Amendment adopted in 1791 establishes the neither the Federal or State government should support the right of freedom of religion, this means the government cannot create laws that supports or inhibits one religion or have any other type of influence in the religious domain, In the case of laws to determine whether a State law amount to an "establishment" of religion or is promoting one religion over the others which means a violation of the Frist Amendment the "lemon test" is commonly used. This test emerged from a court case called "Lemon v. Kurtzman" and establishes three main principles, the first one is that the law should have a secular purpose, the second one is that the law or statute should not inhibit religion and the third one is that the statute should not involve the law and government excessively into religion. In this way, if any of the principles is violated then the State law is considered unconstitutional.Thus, the tool the Supreme Court uses to decide if a State law amount to a religion is the Lemon Test.