Religious Liberty and the American Supreme Court

The Essential Cases and Documents

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Av Vincent Phillip Muñoz, Vincent Phillip Munoz

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Throughout American history, legal battles concerning the First Amendment’s protection of religious liberty have been among the most contentious issue of the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution. Religious Liberty and the American Supreme Court: The Essential Cases and Documents represents the most authoritative and up-to-date overview of the landmark cases that have defined religious freedom in America. Noted religious liberty expert Vincent Philip Munoz (Notre Dame) provides carefully edited excerpts from over fifty of the most important Supreme Court religious liberty cases. In addition, Munoz’s substantive introduction offers an overview on the constitutional history of religious liberty in America. Introductory headnotes to each case provides the constitutional and historical context. Religious Liberty and the American Constitution will be an indispensable resource for anyone interested matters of religious freedom from the Republics earliest days to current debates.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-07-18
Mått185 x 259 x 45 mm
Vikt1 538 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor654
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781442208278

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ContentsCases by Subject MatterNotes on the Text Introduction I. CASES1 Reynolds v. United States (1879) 2 Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States (1892) 3 Bradfield v. Roberts (1899) 4 Cantwell v. State of Connecticut (1940) 5 Minersville School District v. Gobitis (1940) 6 Jones v. Opelika; Bowden v. Fort Smith; Jobin v. Arizona (1942) 7 Murdock v. Pennsylvania (City of Jeannette) (1943) 8 West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943) 9 Follett v. Town of McCormick (1944) 10 Everson v. Board of Education of Ewing Township (1947) 11 Illinois ex rel. McCollum v. Board of Education (1948) 12 Zorach v. Clauson (1952) 13 Torcaso v. Watkins (1961) 14 Braunfeld v. Brown (1961) 15 Engel v. Vitale (1962) 16 Abington School District v. Schempp (1963) 17 Sherbert v. Verner (1963) 18 United States v. Seeger (1965) 19 Board of Education v. Allen (1968) 20 Epperson v. Arkansas (1968) 21 Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of New York (1970) 22 Welsh v. Un

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”; and most citizens take this amendment very seriously. This volume looks at 64 Supreme Court cases, from 1879 to 2012, where the separation of church and state comes into question. Each entry opens with the vote and a narrative description of the case, followed by excerpts from primary sources. Seven additional historical documents include Thomas Jefferson’s 'A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom in Virginia,' from 1786, and George Washington’s 'Letter to the Hebrew Congregation at Newport,' from 1790. A thorough index and a supplemental table of contents of cases by subject matter offer easy navigation. Recommended for most public and academic libraries.