In an opinion authored by Hugo L. Black, the Court held that respondent's decision to use its school system to facilitate recitation of the official prayer violated the Establishment Clause. Specifically, the policy breached the constitutional wall of separation between church and state.

Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that it is unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and encourage its recitation in public schools, due to violation of the First Amendment. [1]

Facts and case summary for Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962) School-sponsored prayer in public schools is unconstitutional.

Engel v. Vitale, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 25, 1962, that voluntary prayer in public schools violated the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment prohibition of a state establishment of religion.

2012年6月25日 · Engel v. Vitale: The state cannot hold prayers in public schools, even if it is not required and not tied to a particular religion.

Engel v. Vitale was an important Supreme Court decision policing the boundaries of church and state. There, the New York State Board of Regents authorized public schools to recite a short, voluntary prayer at the beginning of each school day.

Engel v. Vitale is the 1962 landmark Supreme Court decision that struck down prayer in public schools. The case presented squarely the question of whether a public school could sanction classroom prayers at a time when America was increasingly pluralistic and secular.

2009年1月1日 · In Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962), the Supreme Court ruled that school-sponsored prayer in public schools violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment.

ENGEL V. VITALE, 370 U.S. 421 (1962) MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court. The respondent Board of Education of Union Free School District No. 9, New Hyde Park, New York, acting in its official capacity under state law, directed the School District's principal to

2017年3月27日 · Case summary for Engel v. Vitale: Vitale, in his official capacity, directed teachers to start off each day with a non-denominational prayer. Engel brought suit claiming such a practice violated the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause and petitioned to …