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Edwards, Governor of Louisiana, et al. v. Aguillard et al.
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https://gptkb.org/entity/Edwards,_Governor_of_Louisiana,_et_al._v._Aguillard_et_al.
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Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Edwards_v._Aguillard
gptkbp:arguedDate
December 10, 1986
gptkbp:citation
gptkb:482_U.S._578
gptkbp:date
June 19, 1987
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:William_H._Rehnquist
gptkbp:heldBy
Louisiana's Creationism Act is unconstitutional because it violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
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Edwards, Governor of Louisiana, et al. v. Aguillard et al.
gptkbp:joinedBy
gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy
gptkb:Sandra_Day_O'Connor
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
gptkb:Lewis_F._Powell,_Jr.
gptkbp:judge
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:legalBasis
gptkb:First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:legalImpact
prohibited mandatory teaching of creation science in public schools
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Louisiana
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
gptkb:William_J._Brennan,_Jr.
gptkbp:petitioner
Edwin W. Edwards, Governor of Louisiana, et al.
gptkbp:predecessor
teaching of evolution in public schools
gptkbp:relatedLegislation
gptkb:Louisiana_Creationism_Act
gptkbp:response
Don Aguillard, et al.
gptkbp:subject
gptkb:Establishment_Clause
teaching of creationism in public schools
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Edwards_v._Aguillard
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