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Edwards v. Aguillard , 482 U.S. 578 (1987), was a United States Supreme Court case concerning the constitutionality of teaching creationism . The Court considered a Louisiana law requiring that where evolutionary science was taught in public schools, creation science must also be taught.
The Supreme Court ruled in 1987 in Edwards v. Aguillard that the Louisiana statute, which required creation to be taught alongside evolution every time evolution was taught, was unconstitutional. The Court laid out its rule in Edwards as follows: The Establishment Clause forbids the enactment of any law 'respecting an establishment of religion.'
Robert T. Pennock rebutted Johnson's belief that science was improperly defined within Edwards v. Aguillard, stating that the dual model of science established by Johnson (either creationism or evolution is correct and true, and by disproving any part of evolution creationism 'wins' by default) is a false dilemma, a type of informal fallacy. [11]
1987 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Edwards v. Aguillard that a Louisiana law requiring that creation science be taught in public schools, along with evolution, was unconstitutional because the law was specifically intended to advance a particular religion. 1991 – Darwin on Trial by Phillip E. Johnson initiated the intelligent design ...
Edwards v. Aguillard: 482 U.S. 578 (1987) constitutionality of mandating teaching of creation science in conjunction with evolution: South Dakota v. Dole: 483 U.S. 203 (1987) use of federal funding to encourage changes in state laws—here, raising the drinking age in all states from 18 to 21 Puerto Rico v. Branstad: 483 U.S. 219 (1987)
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This time, Wendell Bird was deputized by the state and ran the state's defense of the law. Dean Kenyon was advertised as the creationists' lead expert witness, however the case (which eventually became Edwards v. Aguillard when it reached the Supreme Court) was decided by summary judgment, and so never went to a full trial. Nevertheless, in ...
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