Webster v. New Lenox School District

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Webster v. New Lenox School District was a 1990 court case in New Lenox, Illinois, in which a social studies teacher Ray Webster sued his school district which he accused of violating his first amendment right to free speech for stopping him from teaching "creation science" in class. The court found however that the school district had a right to restrict Webster to teaching the specified curriculum, and that in any case the teaching of "creation science" was illegal, having been ruled to violate the establishment clause in the US Supreme Court Edwards v. Aguillard (1987).[1]

The case hinged on the school district's "pedagogical interest in establishing the curriculum and legitimate concern with possible establishment clause violations".[1]

Webster appealed but the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the District Court's original decision.

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  1. ^ a b Webster v. New Lenox School District
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