What was Hugo Black's stance in the Engel v. Vitale case?
Expansion of the individual rights
Reduction of individual rights
Neutral towards individual rights
Not involved in the case
Answer
Justice Hugo Black, who believed in the expansion of individual rights, was in the majority in Engel v. Vitale. The majority found that a school district's practice of reciting a nondenominational prayer at the start of each school day was unconstitutional because it violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment. Black argued that the First Amendment prohibited the government from establishing any religion or favoring one religion over another.
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