 establishment of religion" clause of the First Amendment means at least this: Neither a state nor the Federal Government can set up a church. Neither can pass laws which aid one religion, aid all religions, or prefer one religion over another.  Hearings - 2191. lappuseautors: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare - 1963Pilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | Mary C. Segers - 2002 - 268 lapas
...Justice Hugo Black's opinion in the 1947 case of Everson v. Board of Education: "The 'establishment of religion' clause of the First Amendment means at...religion, aid all religions, or prefer one religion over another."12 The difference between accommodationists and separationists can perhaps be reduced to differences... | |
 | Alan Mittleman, Robert Licht, Jonathan D. Sarna - 2002 - 396 lapas
...Referring to both Jefferson and Madison, Black concluded that "the 'establishment of religion' . . . means at least this: Neither a state nor the Federal...all religions, or prefer one religion over another." Justice Rutledge, in dissenting to the majority's decision to uphold public funding of the transportation... | |
 | Jacob W. Ehrlich - 2002 - 242 lapas
...First Amendment, made equally applicable to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment, means that neither a state nor the Federal government can set up a church....prefer one religion over another. Neither can force or influence a person to go to or remain away from church against his will or force him to profess... | |
 | Loren P. Beth - 2002 - 192 lapas
...significant addition to the theory of separation. It has set up the standard that no American government can "pass laws which aid one religion, aid all religions, or prefer one religion above another."53 The "all religions" clause has aroused a furore among many sincerely religious people;... | |
 | Jacob Neusner - 2003 - 364 lapas
...establishment of religion") is explained in a classic statement by Justice Hugo L. Black: The "establishment of religion" clause of the First Amendment means at...Neither can force nor influence a person to go to or remain away from church against his will or force him to profess a belief or disbelief in any religion.... | |
 | Alan Mittleman - 2003 - 350 lapas
...Education (330 US 1 [1947]) where the court found that the First Amendment means at the least that neither a state nor the federal government can set up a church....another. Neither can force nor influence a person to go or to remain away from church against his will or force him to profess a belief of disbelief in any... | |
 | Thijmen Koopmans - 2003 - 332 lapas
...interpretation. This is how Justice Black, speaking for the Court, saw its implications in 1947:39 Neither a state nor the federal government can set up a church....prefer one religion over another. Neither can force or influence a person to go to or to remain away from church against his will or force him to profess... | |
 | Robert Singh - 2003 - 300 lapas
...Americans and either women or African Americans in the United States. 8 Religion in Public Life Neither a state nor the Federal Government can set up a church....all religions, or prefer one religion over another. . . . In the words of Jefferson, the clause against establishment of religion by law was intended to... | |
 | Martin Garbus - 2002 - 338 lapas
...recently, have been remarkably effective in creating a balance that the Founders wanted. The Establishment of Religion clause of the First Amendment means at...government can set up a church. Neither can pass laws that aid one religion, aid all religions, or prefer one religion over another. Neither can force nor... | |
 | David M. Ackerman, Kimberly D. Jones, Christopher A. Jennings - 2003 - 180 lapas
...statement of the separationist understanding, Justice Black stated for the Court: The "establishment of religion" clause of the First Amendment means at...Government can set up a church. Neither can pass laws that aid one religion, aid all religions, or prefer on religion over another. Neither can force nor... | |
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