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Board of Educ. Vs. Mergens

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 04, 1990

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  1. Mcdaniel Vs. Paty US Supreme Court · Apr 19, 1978
  2. Mueller Vs. Allen US Supreme Court · Jun 29, 1983
  3. Edwards Vs. Aguillard US Supreme Court · Jun 19, 1987
  4. Widmar Vs. Vincent US Supreme Court · Dec 08, 1981
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  5. Lynch Vs. Donnelly US Supreme Court · Mar 05, 1984
  6. U.S. 226 (1990) U.S. Supreme Court Board of Educ. v. Mergens
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  7. U.S. 226 (1990) Board of Education of Westside Community Schools v. Mergens
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  8. Access Act does not, on its face and as applied to Westside, contravene the Establishment Clause. The logic of Widmar v. Vincent
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  9. U. S. 263 , 454 U. S. 271 -275 -- which applied the three-part test of Lemon v. Kurtzman
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  10. such a degree that it in fact establishes a state religion or religious faith, or tends to do so. County of Allegheny v. American
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  11. a religious club under the Act's criteria do not lead to the establishment of religion under this standard. See Widmar v. Vincent
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  12. shown in monitoring compliance with the Establishment Clause in elementary and secondary schools, see, e.g., Edwards v. Aguillard
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  13. policy. Pp. 496 U. S. 263 -264. (b) The plurality misplaces its reliance on Widmar v. Vincent
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  14. respondents' constitutional claims, reasoning that Westside did not have a limited public forum as set forth in Widmar v. Vincent
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  15. s denial of respondents' request was reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns, see Hazelwood School Dist. v. Kuhlmeier
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  16. contention that the Act violated the Establishment Clause. Noting that the Act extended the decision in Widmar v. Vincent
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  17. Clause. Ibid. We granted certiorari, 492 U.S. 917 (1989), and now affirm. II A In Widmar v. Vincent
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  18. policy would not violate the Establishment Clause under our decision in Lemon v. Kurtzman
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  19. therefore one of statutory interpretation. We begin, of course, with the language of the statute. See, e.g., Mallard v. U.S
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  20. United States v. James
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  21. Cf. Hazelwood School Dist. v. Kuhlmeier
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  22. noninstructional time. See H.R. Rep. No. 98-710, supra, at 3-6 (discussing Lubbock Civil Liberties Union v. Lubbock
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  23. School Dist., 669 F.2d 1038, 1042-1048 (CA5 1982), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 1155-1156 (1983), and Brandon v. Guilderland
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  24. the type of officially recognized activities in which their students participate. See, e.g., Hazelwood School Dist. v. Kuhlmeier
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  25. Bethel School Dist. No. 403 v. Fraser
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  26. Pavelic & LeFlore v. Marvel
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  27. Tinker v. Des
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  28. as used by the Court, is a term of art, see, e.g., Perry Ed. Assn. v. Perry
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  29. F.2d 1076, 1078 (CA8 1989). See also Garnett v. Renton
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  30. as religious speech is a sufficient basis for meeting the secular purpose prong of the Lemon test. See Edwards v. Aguillard
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  31. of speech -- is undeniably secular. See Corporation of Presiding Bishop, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints v. Amos
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  32. Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Nyquist
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  33. U. S. 38 , 472 U. S. 56 (1985) (quoting Lynch v. Donnelly
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  34. a secondary school student will perceive official school support for such religious meetings. See County of Allegheny v. ACLU
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  35. quoting Wallace v. Jaffree
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  36. Grand Rapids School Dist. v. Ball
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  37. a school does not endorse or support student speech that it merely permits on a nondiscriminatory basis. Cf. Tinker v. Des
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  38. West Virginia State Bd. of Ed. v. Barnette
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  39. Bender v. Williamsport
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  40. Walters v. National
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  41. Rostker v. Goldberg
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  42. McCollum v. Board
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  43. in the day-to-day surveillance or administration of religious activities. See Tony and Susan Alamo Foundation v. Secretary
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  44. Westside school officials are a far cry from the groups given official recognition by university officials in Widmar v. Vincent
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  45. County of Allegheny v. American
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  46. U. S. 659 (1989) (KENNEDY, J., concurring in judgment in part and dissenting in part) (quoting Lynch v. Donnelly
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  47. s construction is faithful to our commitment to nondiscriminatory access to open fora in public schools. Widmar v. Vincent
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  48. of controversy as necessary to the functioning of our constitutional system. See, e.g., Police Dept. of Chicago v. Mosley
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  49. Constitution requires toleration of speech over its suppression is no less true in our Nation's schools. See Tinker v. Des
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  50. Keyishian v. Board
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