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''Engel v. Vitale'', 370 U.S. 421 (1962) was the landmark [[U.S. Supreme Court]] decision that prohibited classroom 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.

''Engel v. Vitale'', 370 U.S. 421 (1962) was the landmark [[U.S. Supreme Court]] decision that ruled ‘state officials may not compose an official state prayer and require that it be recited in the public schools of the State at the beginning of each school day - even if the prayer is denominationally neutral and pupils who wish to do so may remain silent or be excused from the room while the prayer is being recited’.[http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=370&invol=421] 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>