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Lemon vs. Kurtzman was a landmark Supreme Court case iterating a strong test for separation of church & state under the First Amendment.
Lemon vs. Kurtzman was a landmark Supreme Court case iterating a strong test for separation of church & state under the First Amendment.
Under the "Lemon Test," to pass constitutional muster as a law that does not violate the [[Establishment Clause]], a law must:
# Have a legitimate secular purpose, and,
# Not have the primary effect of either inhibiting or advancing religion, and,
# Not promote excessive entanglement between church & state.
The "Lemon Test" was the one applied to invalidate the Dover School Board's intelligent design policy in ''Kitzmiller v. Dover Independent School Discrict.''