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Church and State
Redlich, Norman | October 9, 2000 issue

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Between 1947 and 1971, three Supreme Court decisions forged the law of church/state separation that remains largely in place today, though each case spawned controversies and doctrines that have threatened to engulf the principles for which the cases are remembered. The first--Everson v. Board of Education--upheld the use of public funds to pay for the transportation of children to religious schools. The opinion, written by Justice Hugo Black, sets forth constitutional doctrine that still governs the Court's interpretation of the First Amendment provision that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."

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CHURCH & state; RELIGIOUS institutions; EVERSON v. Board of Education (Supreme Court case); UNITED States. Supreme Court; BLACK, Hugo; UNITED States
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