A public school district implemented a policy that allowed students to vote on whether they wanted a student-led prayer to be re
ad at football games. This policy was later found to be unconstitutional by the united states supreme court. Which clauses did the policy most likely violate?
The establishment clause is an amendment to the United States constitution that forbids the Congress from passing any law that has to do with the establishment of religion.
It also forbids any action by the government that would make it favor one religion over another religion.
Explanation: The Establishment Clause is a limitation placed upon the United States Congress preventing it from passing legislation forcing an establishment of religion, broadly making it illegal for the government to promote religion with taxpayer resources.
In 1962 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the application of the establishment clause to prayer in public schools. In a 6-1 decision known as Engel v. Vitale(brought by parents of ten pupils in a school district where prayers were said), the Supreme Court ruled that the prayer was unconstitutional as a violation of the establishment clause of the First Amendment.
It doesn't matter whether the prayer is nondenominational and voluntary, or that it was voted on and led by students, it still involved indirect coercion as it was implemented by the public school district and therefore the establishment clause applies to the school district above too.
You could argue that this is an indication of Walter Cunningham's severe poverty. He is very poor, and poor people did not have access to sweets or treats such as molasses syrup, so when he was offered it he deemed it appropriate to drench his entire lunch in it.
a) Leading thinkers in several states become more supportive of the idea of a stronger central government
Explanation:
It showed the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation because the national government wasn't able to aid the people or keep rebellion from occuring
Hero of the Poor After the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848), which established the Texas boundary at the Rio Grande, Cortina rose in prominence as a leader of poor Mexicans along the river whose lands were being taken by the U.S. gov- ernment.
