Civil Liberties

mahatmakanejeeves

(64,682 posts) Wed Jun 29, 2022, 11:02 AM Jun 2022

This gentleman right here is Alton Toussaint Lemon, for whom the famed "Lemon Test" was named.

He died in 2013.

This gentleman right here is Alton Toussaint Lemon, for whom the famed "Lemon Test" was named.

With your indulgence, I offer a brief ⚖️🧵 on him, and the monumentally important Establishment Clause case that he was part of over fifty years ago . . .

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This gentleman right here is Alton Toussaint Lemon, for whom the famed "Lemon Test" was named. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 OP

I had the privilege to meet Steven Engle of Engle v Vitale Danmel Jun 2022 #1

Thank you for this. LoisB Jun 2022 #2

Danmel

(5,426 posts)

1. I had the privilege to meet Steven Engle of Engle v Vitale

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Wed Jun 29, 2022, 11:19 AM

Jun 2022

A seminal school prayer case from 1962. My husband and I actually looked at his house when we were house shopping in the late 1990s. He asked what I did for a living and when I told him I am an attorney, he said "I'm Engle,". Of Engle v Vitale? A true hero@
His obituary is linked below. He must be rolling in his grave.

https://www.nyclu.org/en/press-releases/obituary-steven-engel-plaintiff-landmark-school-prayer-case

LoisB

(10,485 posts)

2. Thank you for this.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Jun 29, 2022, 11:28 AM

Jun 2022

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