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Christian Legislative Prayers And Christian Nationalism, Caroline Mala Corbin
Christian Legislative Prayers And Christian Nationalism, Caroline Mala Corbin
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Opportunistic Originalism And The Establishment Clause, Caroline Mala Corbin
Opportunistic Originalism And The Establishment Clause, Caroline Mala Corbin
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This Article argues that the Supreme Court's use of originalism is opportunistic because sometimes the Court relies on it, and sometimes it does not. This inconsistency is evident in two recent decisions with significant Establishment Clause consequences: Town of Greece v. Galloway (2014) and Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer (2017). In Town of Greece, the Supreme Court applied an originalist analysis to uphold the government's policy of sponsoring predominantly Christian prayers before town meetings. In Trinity Lutheran Church, the Supreme Court failed to conduct an originalist analysis of direct government funding to churches before ordering a state to award a …
Book Review, Richard Garnett
Book Review, Richard Garnett
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Richard Garnett reviews Ellis M. West's The Free Exercise of Religion in America: Its Original Constitutional Meaning
This is a review of Professor Ellis M. West's 2019 study of the original meaning of "free exercise of religion."