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Zelman v. Simmons-Harris

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Zelman v. Simmons-Harris,, was a 5-4 decision of the United States Supreme Court that upheld an Ohio program that used school vouchers. [1]

26 relations: Blaine Amendment, Brown v. Board of Education, Cleveland, Cleveland School District, Concurring opinion, Dissenting opinion, Establishment Clause, Everson v. Board of Education, Federal Reporter, First Amendment to the United States Constitution, Florida, Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Frederick Douglass, Lawyers' Edition, Lemon v. Kurtzman, LexisNexis, List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 536, Lists of United States Supreme Court cases, Lottery, Majority opinion, Mueller v. Allen, Ohio, Ohio Department of Education, School voucher, Supreme Court of the United States, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Blaine Amendment

The term Blaine Amendment refers to either a failed amendment to the U.S. Constitution or actual constitutional provisions in 38 of the 50 state constitutions in the United States that forbid direct government aid to educational institutions that have a religious affiliation.

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Brown v. Board of Education

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.

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Cleveland

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the county seat of Cuyahoga County.

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Cleveland School District

The Cleveland School District (CSD) is a public school district based in Cleveland, Mississippi (USA).

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Concurring opinion

In law, a concurring opinion is in certain legal systems a written opinion by one or more judges of a court which agrees with the decision made by the majority of the court, but states different (or additional) reasons as the basis for his or her decision.

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Dissenting opinion

A dissenting opinion (or dissent) is an opinion in a legal case in certain legal systems written by one or more judges expressing disagreement with the majority opinion of the court which gives rise to its judgment.

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Establishment Clause

In United States law, the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, together with that Amendment's Free Exercise Clause, form the constitutional right of freedom of religion.

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Everson v. Board of Education

Everson v. Board of Education, was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court which applied the Establishment Clause in the country's Bill of Rights to State law.

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Federal Reporter

The Federal Reporter is a case law reporter in the United States that is published by West Publishing and a part of the National Reporter System.

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First Amendment to the United States Constitution

The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents Congress from making any law respecting an establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, or abridging the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the right to peaceably assemble, or to petition for a governmental redress of grievances.

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Florida

Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.

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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.

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Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey; – February 20, 1895) was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.

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Lawyers' Edition

The United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers' Edition, or Lawyers' Edition (L. Ed. and L. Ed. 2d in case citations) is an unofficial reporter of Supreme Court of the United States opinions.

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Lemon v. Kurtzman

Lemon v. Kurtzman.

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LexisNexis

LexisNexis Group is a corporation providing computer-assisted legal research as well as business research and risk management services.

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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 536

This is a list of all the United States Supreme Court cases from volume 536 of the United States Reports.

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Lists of United States Supreme Court cases

This page serves as an index of lists of United States Supreme Court cases.

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Lottery

A lottery is a form of gambling that involves the drawing of numbers for a prize.

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Majority opinion

In law, a majority opinion is a judicial opinion agreed to by more than half of the members of a court.

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Mueller v. Allen

Mueller v. Allen,, was a United States Supreme Court case examining the constitutionality of a state tax deduction granted to taxpaying parents for school-related expenses, including expenses incurred from private secular and religious schools.

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Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States.

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Ohio Department of Education

The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) is the administrative department of the Ohio state government responsible for primary and secondary public education in the state.

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School voucher

A school voucher, also called an education voucher, in a voucher system, is a certificate of government funding for a student at a school chosen by the student or the student's parents.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.

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United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (in case citations, 6th Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts.

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536 U.S. 639, Cleveland Voucher case, Zelamn v. Simmons-Harris, Zelman v Simmons-Harris, Zelman v simmons-harris.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelman_v._Simmons-Harris

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