Read this passage: a state passes a law honoring the state's catholic schools. the law says that the schools have a long history of excellent education and that the state recommends them as a good choice for families. a muslim private school sues the state, claiming the first amendment is being violated. according to the lemon test, should the supreme court find the law constitutional or unconstitutional, and why?

Unconstitutional as it promotes religion and amounts to an establishment of religion by the states Apex

The Supreme Court should find the law unconstitutional as it violates what is written in the Lemon test.

Explanation:

The Lemon test is a test used to review Establishment Clause cases, which refers to the clause held in the 1st Amendment that prevents the government from making any law respecting an establishment of religion and from favoring one religion over another.

According to the test, the Government action does not violate the Establishment Clause as long as its purpose is not religious, it does not have the primary effect of advancing or inhibiting religion and it does not foster excessive entanglement between government and religion.

Therefore, if a state passes a law honoring the state's Catholic schools and recommends these religious schools to the families over other religious schools, the state is violating the Constitution as these activities have a religious purpose and they endorse the entanglement of the government with religion and favors the Catholic schools over others religious schools.

question - in 1827, john walker, a druggist in a small english town, tipped a splint with sulphur, chlorate of potash, and sulphid of antimony, and rubbed it on sandpaper, and it burst into flame. the druggist had discovered the first friction-chemical match, the kind we use to-day. it is called friction-chemical because it is made by mixing certain chemicals together and rubbing them. although walker's match did not require the bottle of acid, nevertheless it was not a good one. it could be lighted only by hard rubbing, and it sputtered and threw fire in all directions. in a few years, however, phosphorus was substituted on the tip for antimony, and the change worked wonders. the match could now be lighted with very little rubbing, and it was no longer necessary to have sandpaper upon which to rub it. it would ignite when rubbed on any dry surface, and there was no longer any sputtering. this was the phosphorus match, the match with which we are so familiar. according the paragraph what was the benefit of the new phosphorus match? it burst into flame when rubbed on sandpaper. it was made by mixing chemicals. it could be ignited on any dry surface. it threw fire in all directions.

answer - matches required natural chemicals