Religion and the Law

Name: Religion and the Law
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

There are few issues as controversial as where to draw the line between church and state > 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 have not been wanting for advice from self-appointed guardians. The difficulty with such advice is that the contestants are more convincing when they criticize their opponents' interpretations than when they seek to establish the validity of their own.Religion and the Law examines the actions and words of the Supreme Court in applying constitutional language to the controversies that have come before it. Lest such an effort be reduced to recitation, these cases are measured against a \""neutral prin