ANTI-EVOLUTION STATUTE
anti-evolution statute.Hist. A law that forbids the teaching of the theory of evolution in
schools. • Such statutes were held unconstitutional as violative of the Establishment Clause in
Epperson v. Arkansas, 393 U.S. 97, 89 S.Ct. 266 (1968). — Also termed evolution statute. See
CREATIONISM. [Blacks Law 8th]