MUELLER V ALLEN

MUELLER V. ALLEN Issue: Did the government violate the Establishment Clause because they provided monetary support to the parents of all school-goers? Rule: The 1st Amendment states that the Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. Analysis: In 1983, case of Mueller v. Allen, made a few changes in the way the federal government helped out the children in schools. The question in the Mueller case was …

…economic effect comparable to that of aid given directly to the schools attended by their children. It is also true, however, that under Minnesota's arrangement public funds become available only as a result of numerous private choices of individual parents of school-age children." The Court concluded that under the Mueller Court's view, this type of indirect aid is consistent with the neutrality principle explained in the Establishment Clause because it neither advances nor inhibits religion.