I don’t think there’s a mnemonic aid for “mnemonic,” but I’m
studying for a law exam, and it’s insanely conducive to various
visual associations: - Engel v. Vitale, the 1962 case that ruled
that mandatory school prayer was an Establishment Clause
violation. (You think?) Remember angels and that some thought it
was vital to pray. - A trio of conscientious objector laws: -
Welsh v. US: you needn’t have organized religious beliefs to
object, if your beliefs are held with the strength of organized
religion. - Gillette v. US: you can’t be a CO if you only object
to one war; it has to be war in general - Clay v. US: it’s based
on individual beliefs, not your whole sect’s beliefs. In
particular, you must remember 3 prongs: - Oppose war in any form
- Religious, not political, beliefs - There must be evidence
that your beliefs are sincere - Remember Welsh grape jelly (and
eating it individually, not in church), Gillette stadium (and
protesters there opposing the Iraq war but supporting the war in
Afghanistan), and, we