Similarities Between The Supreme Court And The Freedom Of Religion Mélange

The Supreme Court and the Freedom of Religion Mélange, was written in 1963 by Richard C. Baker. During this time President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and Lyndon B. Johnson became his replacement. The transition of Presidents during 1963 and 1964 played an extensive role in the Supreme Court rulings thereafter. An argument the Supreme Court was trying to make at the time was the separation of church and state. Richard Baker was arguing that the Supreme Courts rulings on separation of church and state were biased and immoral. This argument was supported with previous cases that had arguments about the dissolution of prayer in school, the abolishment of voluntary religious instruction in schools, and the uproar of the state(s) supporting
In the Bill of Rights, the First Amendment “prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion…” As a consequence of the growing world, people have become more discriminois and do not believe certain freedoms should be extended to people a different race, religion, sex, or gender. Richard Baker continued to argue his point that the Supreme Court became biased and produced immoral rulings that dealt with freedom of religion. The ruling from Engle vs. Vitale said that voluntary prayer in public schools was unconstitutional, and that it encroached religious freedoms of opposing taxpayers. For those who supported this ruling, said that it upheld the separation of church and state (Baker, 1963, p. [Page 439] ). Another example that supported the separation of church and state was the abolishment of voluntary religious instruction in public schools; the case of Illinois ex rel McCollum vs. Board of Education. Mrs. McCollum, a public school teacher was an atheist who believed her religious freedoms were infringed because of the voluntary religious instructions that were held in her school. She believed her tax money should be spent entirely on school purposes, not religious activities. After the ruling, the school came in violation of the Establishment clause and tax established and tax supported school systems had to aid to all religious groups (Baker, 1963, p. [Page 441] ). In the 1930 Cochran vs. Louisiana State Board of Education Supreme Court case unanimously upheld the state of Louisiana’s power to supply textbooks to children in schools, including children in church parish schools. Years later in New Jersey, the same problem occurred but this time, there was more debate going on. The justices who were involved in the Everson vs. Board of Education case, thought that the state was contributing more to the