In the year 1962, the Supreme Court of the United States banned the state-sponsored prayer in the public schools of New York.
The Supreme Court ruled in the Engel V. Vitale that it is unlawful that the public officers prepare an formal school prayer and promote its recitation in the schools.
Engels V. Vitale was one of the milestone cases ruled by the Supreme Court of the United States.
The Supreme Court held that the recitation of written prayers in public was unconstitutional as it infringes the Establishment Clause of Amendment First to the U.S. Constitution.
D Voting Rights Act because it was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
