[19820601]IP0086_学校祈祷.pdf

. Congresmnal Research Service The Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 20540 SCHOOL PRAYER IP0086S Since the e a r l y 1 9 6 0 when t h Supreme Court ruled t h a t State- required school prayer was i n c o n f l i c t with t h e f i r s t amendment, t h i s issue has remained a highly publicized and controversial one. A number of court decisions since t h a t time have kept t h e issue i n t h e public eye. Periodically, l e g i s l a t i o n has been introduced which would l i m i t t h e j u r i s d i c t i o n of t h e Supreme Court and t r a n s f e r a u t h o r i t y t o individual S t a t e s . I n May, President Reagan sent a c o n s t i t u t i o n a l amendment t o Congress which, i f r a t i f i e d , would permit school prayer. This Info Pack provides comprehensive coverage of Supreme Court decisions and l e g i s l a t i o n on t h e school prayer i s s u e from 1962 t o t h e present. Additional information on t h i s topic, primarily i n periodicals and newspapers, may be found i n a local l i b r a r y through t h e use of indexes such a s t h e Readers Guide t o Periodical L i t e r a t u r e . Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin (PAIS), and t h e New York