Marashv Chambers

At issue in marshv chambers was whether it was a violation of the establishment clause if a state legislature opened each of its sessions with a prayer by a chaplain who was paid by the state. Up until that point, there was already an established test to decide if this kind of state action was a violation Of the establishment clause. That test was called the lemon test because it comes from a case called lemon v kirzman. The court would examine basically the state action towards the religious entity and ask, is there a clear secular purpose here? You know, if there's a non religious purpose, then probably this activity is fine under the establishment clause,. Because it's not too entangled with on