MAY 14, 1998
Asking whether a state constitutional amendment requiring a “moment of silence” in all South Carolina schools is valid under the federal Establishment Clause; further, whether a school voucher system authorized by the State Constitution would be constitutionally permissible under the First Amendment; and finally whether an amendment to Article XII, § 2 of the South Carolina Constitution, removing the requirement of “rehabilitation” of inmates and replacing it with a requirement of all able-bodies inmates to work is valid under the federal Constitution.
Requested by: The Honorable Larry K. Grooms, Senator, District No. 37
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