In 1968, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional an Arkansas law that prohibited the teaching of evolution, saying in Epperson v. Arkansas that the state could not allow teaching to be "tailored to the principles or prohibitions of any religious sect." This decision invalidated any state law that prohibited the teaching of evolution, such as the law at the center of

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The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, commonly known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, directly involved the prohibition of teaching evolution in schools, which is the subject matter addressed in the Epperson v. Arkansas decision.