Abstract
AN ACT TO REQUIRE BALANCED TREATMENT OF CREATION-SCIENCE AND EVOLUTION-SCIENCE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS; TO PROTECT ACADEMIC FREEDOM BY PROVIDING STUDENT CHOICE; TO ENSURE FREEDOM OF RELIGIOUS EXERCISE; TO GUARANTEE FREEDOM OF BELIEF AND SPEECH; TO PREVENT ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION; TO PROHIBIT RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION CONCERNING ORIGINS; TO BAR DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF CREATIONIST OR EVOLUTIONIST BELIEF; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS AND CLARIFICA-TIONS ; TO DECLARE THE LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE AND LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS OF FACT; TO PROVIDE FOR SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS ; TO PROVIDE FOR REPEAL OF CONTRARY LAWS; AND TO SET FORTH AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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References
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Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1, 15-16 (1947), refers to a 1947 U.S. Supreme Court decision found in Volume 330 of U.S. Reports. The case begins on page 1, and specific reference is to pages 15 through 16.
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Everson at 16 refers to page 16 in the Everson decision.
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Malnak v. Yogi, 440 F. Supp. 1284, 1322 (D. N.J. 1977); affirmed per curiam, 592 F.2d 197 (3rd Circuit, 1979). This citation shows the history of the litigation. The first opinion was handed down in 1977 by the Federal District Court for New Jersey and published in Volume 440 of the Federal Supplement. The case then was appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the decision affirming the lower court's decision was published in Volume 592 of the second series of the Federal Reporter.