Summarises the doctrinal debates and shifts on the religion clauses that have occurred on the Court. This volume summarises and examines as well the legal effect of each of the 56 decisions the Court has handed down concerning church and state since 1980.
Summarises the doctrinal debates and shifts on the religion clauses that have occurred on the Court. This volume summarises and examines as well the l...
From the fall of 1980 to the present the Supreme Court has handed down over 60 decisions on the issues of church and state - more than in any previous comparable period. In many of its decisions the Court has been sharply split, with the Justices vigorously arguing their various viewpoints. But the changes in the Court's composition have had a demonstrable effect: The Court has substantially narrowed the scope of the free exercise clause as a constraint on government action and has overturned a number of its prior establishment clause rulings. On both clauses the Court's interpretations are...
From the fall of 1980 to the present the Supreme Court has handed down over 60 decisions on the issues of church and state - more than in any previous...
