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Date: 1992Lee v. Weisman
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- Prayer as a long-standing tradition in many public school graduation ceremonies came under the scrutiny of the Supreme Court in Lee v. Weisman (1992). The Court ruled that having the school principal select a clergyman to deliver a prayer at graduation violated the Establishment Clause's prohibition against state involvement in establishing religion.Facts of the CaseA public middle school in Lee had a practice of selecting clergy to deliver a graduation invocation and benediction graduation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; Lee v. Weisman]
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- Date: 1992
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