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School District Of Abington Township, Pennsylvania V. Schempp (1963)

The U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that laws requiring religious activity in public schools -- including Bible readings and the recitation of the Lord's Prayer -- violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

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