What type of law would fail the lemon test?(1 point)

Responses

a law that protects the exercise of religion
a law that protects the exercise of religion

a law that prohibits religious discrimination
a law that prohibits religious discrimination

a law that does not have a secular purpose
a law that does not have a secular purpose

a law that does not result in government entanglement with religion

1 answer

The type of law that would fail the Lemon test is:

a law that does not have a secular purpose

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 test includes three criteria: (1) the law must have a secular purpose, (2) it must not primarily advance or inhibit religion, and (3) it must not result in excessive entanglement with religion. If a law does not have a secular purpose, it would fail the Lemon test.