A law that does not have a secular purpose would fail the lemon test. The Lemon Test, established in the Supreme Court case Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971), is used to determine whether a law violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The three criteria of the Lemon Test are that the law must have a secular legislative purpose, must not primarily promote or inhibit religion, and must not result in excessive government entanglement with religion. Therefore, if a law lacks a secular purpose, it would fail the Lemon Test.
What type of law would fail the lemon test? (1 point)
• a law that does not result in government entanglement with religion
• a law that protects the exercise of religion
• a law that does not have a secular purpose
• a law that prohibits religious discrimination
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