1st Edition
Religion and the Law of Church and State and the Supreme Court
By Philip Kurland
Copyright 1961
128 Pages
by
Routledge
128 Pages
by
Routledge
127 Pages
by
Routledge
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There are few issues as controversial as where to draw the line between church and state. The framers of the Constitution's Bill of Rights began their blueprint for freedom by drawing exactly such a line. The first clauses of the First Amendment provide: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." The justices of the Supreme Court... Read more
One: A Doctrine in Search of Authority; Introduction; 1: A Doctrine in Search of Authority; Two: Authorities in Search of a Doctrine; 2: The Early Mormon Cases; 3: The Apocrypha; 4: The Problem of Standing to Sue; 5: “Patriotism is not Enough”—Or Is It?; 6: The Right to Proselyte; 7: The Trial of “Saint Germain”; 8: The School Bus Case: The Precedent of Byron’s Julia; 9: Released Time: The Precedent of Julia Again; 10: Of Czar and Commissar; 11: Never on Sunday; 12: The Notary’s Oath; Three: Conclusion; Conclusion
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