In Edwards v. Aguillard, 482 U.S. 578 (1987), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Louisiana's "Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science in Public School Instruction" Act, La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 17:286.1-17:286.7 (West 1982), before it ever went into effect. The 7-2 Court declared it to be facially invalid as violative of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. Justice William Brennan wrote the decision and was joined by the liberal wing of the court. Justice Antonin Scalia and Chief Justice William Rehnquist dissented. * Full text of all opinions