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In '''''Stone v. Graham''''', 449 U.S. 39 (1980), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] invalidated as unconstitutional a Kentucky statute requiring the posting of a copy of the Ten Commandments, purchased with private contributions, on the wall of each [[public school]] classroom in the State. The Court overturned the state courts of [[Kentucky]], which had upheld the constitutionality of the law. Justice Rehnquist was the lone dissenter in the case and wrote that the Ten Commandments had a secular impact on morality and law.
In '''''Stone v. Graham''''', 449 U.S. 39 (1980), the 5-4 [[U.S. Supreme Court]] invalidated as unconstitutional a Kentucky statute requiring the posting of a copy of the Ten Commandments, purchased with private contributions, on the wall of each [[public school]] classroom in the State. The Court overturned the state courts of [[Kentucky]], which had upheld the constitutionality of the law. Justice Rehnquist dissented on the basis that the Ten Commandments had a secular impact on morality and law. Three additional justices (Burger, Blackmun, and Stewart) also dissented.
Later, it was discovered that [[liberal]] Justice [[William Brennan]] wrote the unsigned majority opinion: "The private papers of the Supreme Court justices later revealed that the decision was written by Justice William J. Brennan Jr."<ref>https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/stone-v-graham/#:~:text=This%20type%20of%20summary%20reversal,Civil%20Liberties%20Union%20(2005).</ref>
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Essay:25 Worst Court Decisions]]
*[[Essay:25 Worst Court Decisions]]
==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0449_0039_ZS.html Text of case]
* [http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0449_0039_ZS.html Text of case]
==References==
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[[Category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]
[[Category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]