Religious Liberty and the American Supreme Court
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Religious Liberty and the American Supreme Court

The Essential Cases and Documents

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Religious Liberty and the American Supreme Court

The Essential Cases and Documents

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Notes on the Text
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1: Reynolds v. United States
  6. Chapter 2: Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States
  7. Chapter 3: Bradfield v. Roberts
  8. Chapter 4: Cantwell v. State of Connecticut
  9. Chapter 5: Minersville School District v. Gobitis
  10. Chapter 6: Jones v. Opelika; Bowden v. Fort Smith; Jobin v. Arizona
  11. Chapter 7: Murdock v. Pennsylvania (City of Jeannette)*
  12. Chapter 8: West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
  13. Chapter 9: Follett v. Town of McCormick
  14. Chapter 10: Everson v. Board of Education of Ewing Township
  15. Chapter 11: Illinois ex rel. McCollum v. Board of Education
  16. Chapter 12: Zorach v. Clauson
  17. Chapter 13: Torcaso v. Watkins
  18. Chapter 14: Braunfeld v. Brown
  19. Chapter 15: Engel v. Vitale
  20. Chapter 16: Abington School District v. Schempp*
  21. Chapter 17: Sherbert v. Verner
  22. Chapter 18: United States v. Seeger*
  23. Chapter 19: Board of Education v. Allen
  24. Chapter 20: Epperson v. Arkansas
  25. Chapter 21: Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of New York
  26. Chapter 22: Welsh v. United States
  27. Chapter 23: Lemon v. Kurtzman
  28. Chapter 24: Tilton v. Richardson
  29. Chapter 25: Wisconsin v. Yoder
  30. Chapter 26: Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Nyquist
  31. Chapter 27: McDaniel v. Paty
  32. Chapter 28: Stone v. Graham
  33. Chapter 29: Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division
  34. Chapter 30: Widmar v. Vincent
  35. Chapter 31: United States v. Lee
  36. Chapter 32: Bob Jones University v. United States*
  37. Chapter 33: Mueller v. Allen
  38. Chapter 34: Marsh v. Chambers
  39. Chapter 35: Lynch v. Donnelly
  40. Chapter 36: Wallace v. Jaffree
  41. Chapter 37: Witters v. Washington Department of Services for the Blind
  42. Chapter 38: Goldman v. Weinberger
  43. Chapter 39: Edwards v. Aguillard
  44. Chapter 40: Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Amos
  45. Chapter 41: Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association
  46. Chapter 42: Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock
  47. Chapter 43: County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union, Greater Pittsburgh Chapter
  48. Chapter 44: Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith
  49. Chapter 45: Board of Education of the Westside Community Schools v. Mergens
  50. Chapter 46: Lee v. Weisman
  51. Chapter 47: Lamb’s Chapel and John Steigerwald v. Center Moriches Union Free School District
  52. Chapter 48: Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah
  53. Chapter 49: Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District
  54. Chapter 50: Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board v. Pinette
  55. Chapter 51: Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
  56. Chapter 52: Agostini v. Felton*
  57. Chapter 53: City of Boerne v. Flores
  58. Chapter 54: Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe
  59. Chapter 55: Mitchell v. Helms
  60. Chapter 56: Good News Club v. Milford Central School
  61. Chapter 57: Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
  62. Chapter 58: Locke v. Davey
  63. Chapter 59: Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow
  64. Chapter 60: Van Orden v. Perry
  65. Chapter 61: McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky
  66. Chapter 62: Christian Legal Society v. Martinez*
  67. Chapter 63: Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn*
  68. Chapter 64: Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission*
  69. Appendix A: A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom in Virginia (1777, 1786)
  70. Appendix B: Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments (1785)
  71. Appendix C: The Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 and Barnes v. Falmouth (1810)
  72. Appendix D: Records of the First Congress Pertaining to the Drafting of the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment (1789)
  73. Appendix E: Letter to the Annual Meeting of Quakers (1789)
  74. Appendix F: Letter to the Hebrew Congregation at Newport (1790)
  75. Appendix G: Letter to the Danbury Baptist Association (1802)