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

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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, second edition, 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 Muñoz provides carefully edited excerpts from 77 of the most important Supreme Court religious liberty cases. In addition, Muñoz's substantive introduction offers an overview on the constitutional history of religious liberty in America. Introductory headnotes to each case provide the constitutional and historical context. Religious Liberty and the American Supreme Court is an indispensable resource for anyone interested matters of religious freedom from the Republic's earliest days to current debates.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Free Exercise Clause Cases: Direct Burdens
  7. Free Exercise Clause Cases: Indirect Burdens
  8. Free Exercise/Free Speech Clause Cases
  9. Establishment Clause Cases: Religion in the Public Square
  10. Establishment Clause Cases: Government and Religious Schools
  11. Establishment Clause Cases: Religion and Public Schools
  12. Church Autonomy
  13. Part I: Cases
  14. Chapter 1: Reynolds v. United States: 98 U.S. 145 (1879)
  15. Chapter 2: Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States: 143 U.S. 457 (1892)
  16. Chapter 3: Bradfield v. Roberts: 175 U.S. 291 (1899)
  17. Chapter 4: Cantwell v. State of Connecticut: 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
  18. Chapter 5: Minersville School District v. Gobitis: 310 U.S. 586 (1940)
  19. MR. JUSTICE REED delivered the opinion of the Court.
  20. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE STONE [dissenting]:
  21. MR. JUSTICE MURPHY, with whom the CHIEF JUSTICE, MR. JUSTICE BLACK, and MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS concur, dissenting.
  22. MR. JUSTICE BLACK, MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, MR. JUSTICE MURPHY:
  23. Chapter 7: Murdock v. Pennsylvania (City of Jeannette)*: 319 U.S. 105 (1943)
  24. Chapter 8: West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette: 319 U.S. 624 (1943)
  25. Chapter 9: Follett v. Town of McCormick: 321 U.S. 573 (1944)
  26. Chapter 10: Everson v. Board of Education of Ewing Township: 330 U.S. 1 (1947)
  27. Chapter 11: Illinois ex rel. McCollum v. Board of Education: 333 U.S. 203 (1948)
  28. Chapter 12: Zorach v. Clauson: 343 U.S. 306 (1952)
  29. Chapter 13: Torcaso v. Watkins: 367 U.S. 488 (1961)
  30. Chapter 14: Braunfeld v. Brown: 366 U.S. 599 (1961)
  31. Chapter 15: Engel v. Vitale: 370 U.S. 421 (1962)
  32. Chapter 16: Abington School District v. Schempp*: 374 U.S. 203 (1963)
  33. Chapter 17: Sherbert v. Verner: 374 U.S. 398 (1963)
  34. Chapter 18: United States v. Seeger*: 380 U.S. 163 (1965)
  35. Chapter 19: Board of Education v. Allen: 392 U.S. 236 (1968)
  36. Chapter 20: Epperson v. Arkansas: 393 U.S. 97 (1968)
  37. Chapter 21: Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of New York: 397 U.S. 664 (1970)
  38. Chapter 22: Welsh v. United States: 398 U.S. 333 (1970)
  39. Chapter 23: Lemon v. Kurtzman: 403 U.S. 602 (1971)
  40. Chapter 24: Tilton v. Richardson: 403 U.S. 672 (1971)
  41. Chapter 25: Wisconsin v. Yoder: 406 U.S. 205 (1972)
  42. Chapter 26: Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Nyquist: 413 U.S. 756 (1973)
  43. Chapter 27: McDaniel v. Paty: 435 U.S. 618 (1978)
  44. Chapter 28: Stone v. Graham: 449 U.S. 39 (1980)
  45. Chapter 29: Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division: 450 U.S. 707 (1981)
  46. Chapter 30: Widmar v. Vincent: 454 U.S. 263 (1981)
  47. Chapter 31: United States v. Lee: 455 U.S. 252 (1982)
  48. Chapter 32: Bob Jones University v. United States*: 461 U.S. 574 (1983)
  49. Chapter 33: Mueller v. Allen: 463 U.S. 388 (1983)
  50. Chapter 34: Marsh v. Chambers: 463 U.S. 783 (1983)
  51. Chapter 35: Lynch v. Donnelly: 465 U.S. 668 (1984)
  52. Chapter 36: Wallace v. Jaffree: 472 U.S. 38 (1985)
  53. Chapter 37: Witters v. Washington Department of Services for the Blind: 474 U.S. 481 (1986)
  54. Chapter 38: Goldman v. Weinberger: 475 U.S. 503 (1986)
  55. Chapter 39: Edwards v. Aguillard: 482 U.S. 578 (1987)
  56. Chapter 40: Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Amos: 483 U.S. 327 (1987)
  57. Chapter 41: Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association: 485 U.S. 439 (1988)
  58. Chapter 42: Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock: 489 U.S. 1 (1989)
  59. Chapter 43: County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union, Greater Pittsburgh Chapter: 492 U.S. 573 (1989)
  60. Chapter 44: Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith: 494 U.S. 872 (1990)
  61. Chapter 45: Board of Education of the Westside Community Schools v. Mergens: 496 U.S. 226 (1990)
  62. Chapter 46: Lee v. Weisman: 505 U.S. 577 (1992)
  63. Chapter 47: Lamb’s Chapel and John Steigerwald v. Center Moriches Union Free School District: 508 U.S. 384 (1993)
  64. Chapter 48: Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah: 508 U.S. 520 (1993)
  65. Chapter 49: Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District: 509 U.S. 1 (1993)
  66. Chapter 50: Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board v. Pinette: 515 U.S. 753 (1995)
  67. Chapter 51: Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia: 515 U.S. 819 (1995)
  68. Chapter 52: Agostini v. Felton*: 521 U.S. 203 (1997)
  69. Chapter 53: City of Boerne v. Flores: 521 U.S. 507 (1997)
  70. Chapter 54: Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe: 530 U.S. 290 (2000)
  71. Chapter 55: Mitchell v. Helms: 530 U.S. 793 (2000)
  72. Chapter 56: Good News Club v. Milford Central School: 533 U.S. 98 (2001)
  73. Chapter 57: Zelman v. Simmons-Harris: 536 U.S. 639 (2002)
  74. Chapter 58: Locke v. Davey: 540 U.S. 712 (2004)
  75. Chapter 59: Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow: 542 U.S. 1 (2004)
  76. Chapter 60: Van Orden v. Perry: 545 U.S. 677 (2005)
  77. Chapter 61: McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky: 545 U.S. 844 (2005)
  78. Chapter 62: Christian Legal Society v. Martinez: 561 U.S. 661 (2010)
  79. Chapter 63: Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn: 563 U.S. 125 (2011)
  80. Chapter 64: Hosanna–Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: 565 U.S. 171 (2012)
  81. Chapter 65: Town of Greece, New York v. Galloway: 572 U.S. 565 (2014)
  82. Chapter 66: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores: 573 U.S. 682 (2014)
  83. Chapter 67: Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Comer: 582 U.S. 449 (2017)
  84. Chapter 68: Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission: 584 U.S. 617 (2018)
  85. [36] ALITO, J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, II–B, II–C, III, and IV, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and BREYER, KAGAN, and KAVANAUGH, JJ., joined, and an opinion with respect to Parts II–A
  86. JUSTICE BREYER, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN joins, concurring.
  87. JUSTICE KAVANAUGH, concurring.
  88. [73] JUSTICE KAGAN, concurring in part.
  89. JUSTICE THOMAS, concurring in the judgment.
  90. JUSTICE GORSUCH, with whom JUSTICE THOMAS joins, concurring in the judgment.
  91. JUSTICE GINSBURG, with whom JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR joins, dissenting.
  92. Chapter 70: Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue: 591 U.S. ___ (2020)
  93. Chapter 71: Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru: 591 U.S. ___ (2020)
  94. Chapter 72: Fulton v. City of Philadelphia: 593 U.S. ___ (2021)
  95. Chapter 73: Shurtleff v. City of Boston: 596 U.S. ___ (2022)
  96. Chapter 74: Carson v. Makin: 596 U.S. ___ (2022)
  97. Chapter 75: Kennedy v. Bremerton School District: 597 U.S. ___ (2022)
  98. Chapter 76: Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission: 605 U.S. ___ (2025)
  99. Chapter 84: Mahmoud v. Taylor: 606 U.S. ___ (2025)
  100. Part II: Historical Documents
  101. Chapter 77: A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom in Virginia (1777, 1786)
  102. Chapter 78: Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments (1785)
  103. Chapter 79: The Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 and Barnes v. Falmouth (1810)
  104. Chapter 80: Records of the First Congress Pertaining to the Drafting of the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment (1789)
  105. Chapter 81: Letter to the Annual Meeting of Quakers (1789)
  106. Chapter 82: Letter to the Hebrew Congregation at Newport (1790)
  107. Chapter 83: Letter to the Danbury Baptist Association (1802)
  108. Index