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A Unifying Theory For The Religion Clauses Of The First Amendment, Thomas R. Mccoy, Gary A. Kurtz
A Unifying Theory For The Religion Clauses Of The First Amendment, Thomas R. Mccoy, Gary A. Kurtz
Vanderbilt Law Review
According to Justice Powell, the first amendment religion clauses are the source of "some of the most perplexing questions"that the Supreme Court confronts. In a long and rapidly expanding line of religion clause cases the Court has struggled, with a conspicuous lack of success, to articulate principles of broad applicability. The Court's efforts to date have resulted in a jumble of tests, standards, and theoretical approaches from which predicting the outcome in future cases is very difficult.
The conceptual problems that have frustrated the Court's attempts at doctrinal development center in two broad areas: first,the meaning and effect of the …