Aguilar v. Felton
Aguilar v. Felton, 473 U.S. 402 (1985), was a United States Supreme Court case holding that New York City's program that sent public school teachers into parochial schools to provide remedial education to disadvantaged children pursuant to Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 necessitated an excessive entanglement of church and state and violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.[1]
Aguilar v. Felton | |
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Argued December 5, 1984 Decided July 1, 1985 | |
Full case name | Aguilar, et al. v. Felton, et al. |
Citations | 473 U.S. 402 (more) 105 S. Ct. 3232; 87 L. Ed. 2d 290; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 117 |
Holding | |
Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 remedial services could not be provided on the premises of a parochial school because doing so violated the First Amendment's Establishment Clause. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Brennan, joined by Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, Stevens |
Concurrence | Powell |
Dissent | Burger |
Dissent | White |
Dissent | Rehnquist |
Dissent | O'Connor, joined by Rehnquist (Parts II and III) |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. I | |
Overruled by | |
Agostini v. Felton (1997) |
Aguilar v. Felton was subsequently overruled by Agostini v. Felton, 521 U.S. 203 (1997).
Quote from Justice O'Connor
For these children, the Court's decision is tragic. The Court deprives them of a program that offers a meaningful chance at success in life, and it does so on the untenable theory that public school teachers (most of whom are of different faiths than their students) are likely to start teaching religion merely because they have walked across the threshold of a parochial school. ~Justice O'Connor.[2]
References
- Bernstein, Nina (2001). The Lost Children of Wilder: The Epic Struggle to Change Foster Care. New York City: Vintage Books. pp. 358–359. ISBN 978-0-679-75834-1. OCLC 48994782.
- "AGUILAR ET AL. v. FELTON ET AL" (PDF). Library Of Congress. July 4, 1985. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
Further reading
- Pfeffer, Leo (1984). Religion, State and the Burger Court. Buffalo: Prometheus Books. ISBN 0-87975-275-0.
- Young, S. M. (1986). "Lemon Reconstituted: Aguilar v. Felton and Public Aid to Parochial Schools". Northern Kentucky Law Review. 13: 317.
External links
- Text of Aguilar v. Felton, 473 U.S. 402 (1985) is available from: CourtListener Findlaw Google Scholar Justia Oyez (oral argument audio)