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Quotation from Lemon v. Kurtzman by Supreme Court of the United States
“The surveillance or supervision of the States needed to police grants involved in these three cases, if performed, puts a public investigator into every classroom and entails a pervasive monitoring of these church agencies by the secular authorities.”
Lemon v. Kurtzman, Concurrence of Justice Douglas (excerpt) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Justice Douglas, joined by Justice Black, describes the oversight the aid programs would require.
Citation: "The surveillance or supervision of the States needed to police grants involved in these three cases, if performed, puts a public investigator into every classroom and entails a pervasive monitoring of these church agencies by the secular authorities." — Supreme Court of the United States, Lemon v. Kurtzman, Concurrence of Justice Douglas (excerpt) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id lemon-v-kurtzman-q5)
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