Jaffre, 472 US 38 (1985)By a vote of 6-3, held an Alabama law allowing public school teachers to initiate prayer and teach religion in class was a violation of the First Amendment Establishment Clause. Per curiamdecisions are unsigned and can't be cited as precedent in future cases.Wallace v. Dade County Board, 377 US 402 (1964)In a per curiam decision, held that requiring devotional Bible reading, as required by state statute, and reciting prayers in Florida public schools is unconstitutional, per the precedent set in Abington v. Schempp, 374 US 203 (1963)By of vote of 8-1, held that requiring public school students to participate in religious exercises in a public school violates the religious freedom of students as protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments, regardless of rule allowing parents to exempt students from participation on individual basis.Chamberlin v. Vitale, 370 US 421 (1962)By a vote of 6-1, held school-wide, non-denominational prayer at the start of the public school day violates the "Establishment of Religion" clause of the First Amendment (Justices White and Frankfurter took no part in the decision).Abington School District v. Vitale,(1962), and has been refined by a number of subsequent cases.Engel v.
Several cases have addressed the issue of organized prayer in public schools. What US Supreme Court cases prohibit organized prayer in the public school system?
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