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''Engel v. Vitale'', 370 U.S. 421 (1962) was the landmark [[U.S. Supreme Court]] decision that prohibited prayer in public schools.  Many consider this decision to have been one of the most significant events in modern American history.  Many conservative legal scholars criticized this ruling.
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''Engel v. Vitale'', 370 U.S. 421 (1962) was the landmark [[U.S. Supreme Court]] decision that prohibited school sponsored prayer in public schools.  Many consider this decision to have been one of the most significant events in modern American history.  Many conservative legal scholars criticized this ruling.
    
For example, Erwin Griswold, dean of the Harvard Law School, said in a major speech that the Court had no authority to prohibit prayer in public school:<ref>''Washington Star'' (Mar. 3, 1963)</ref>
 
For example, Erwin Griswold, dean of the Harvard Law School, said in a major speech that the Court had no authority to prohibit prayer in public school:<ref>''Washington Star'' (Mar. 3, 1963)</ref>
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