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Lost In The Forest Of The Establishment Clause: Elk Grove V. Newdow, Todd Collins Sep 2004

Lost In The Forest Of The Establishment Clause: Elk Grove V. Newdow, Todd Collins

Campbell Law Review

This article provides and in-depth examination of the Newdow case and High Court's opinion.


Faith, Reason, And Bare Animosity, Daniel A. Crane Jan 1999

Faith, Reason, And Bare Animosity, Daniel A. Crane

Campbell Law Review

This article critiques the convergence of the nonestablishment and "naked animosity" principles as applied to religiously motivated state action.


State V. Pendleton: Impermissible Delegations To Religious Institutions: Is Campbell University An Armed Church?, Stephen See Jan 1996

State V. Pendleton: Impermissible Delegations To Religious Institutions: Is Campbell University An Armed Church?, Stephen See

Campbell Law Review

This note will review the North Carolina Supreme Court's use and interpretation of Larkin and compare it with the interpretation of Larkin by other courts in cases that specifically follow Larkin.


Webster V. Reproductive Health Services: Do Legislative Declarations That Life Begins At Conception Violate The Establishment Clause?, Dr. Robert L. Maddox, Blaine Bortnick Jan 1989

Webster V. Reproductive Health Services: Do Legislative Declarations That Life Begins At Conception Violate The Establishment Clause?, Dr. Robert L. Maddox, Blaine Bortnick

Campbell Law Review

This article contends that the Missouri legislative statement is a theologically derived finding that personhood begins at the moment of conception. Such an inherently theological and controversial determination violates a core purpose of the establishment clause of the first amendment, the absolute prohibition against government preference of one religious sect or denomination over another and the placing of the state's imprimatur on a particular religious dogma. What follows is a synopsis of the religious debate over whether human life begins at conception. Next is a discussion of the statute in light of this debate in the context of establishment clause …


Constitutional Law - The Constitutionality Of The Adolescent Family Life Act: An Analysis Of Bowen V. Kendrick And Its Impact On Current Establishment Clause Jurisprudence, Thomas G. Walker Jan 1989

Constitutional Law - The Constitutionality Of The Adolescent Family Life Act: An Analysis Of Bowen V. Kendrick And Its Impact On Current Establishment Clause Jurisprudence, Thomas G. Walker

Campbell Law Review

This Note has four objectives: first, to examine the facts before the Court in Bowen; second, to provide a brief survey of several significant cases in the Establishment Clause arena; third, to critique the use of the traditional Lemon v. Kurtzman analysis applied by the Bowen Court; and fourth, to analyze the implications of the Bowen holding on Establishment Clause jurisprudence.


Constitutional Law - Moment Of Silence Statutes May Threaten The Wall Of Separation Between Church And State - Wallace V. Jaffree, Valerie B. Spalding Jan 1985

Constitutional Law - Moment Of Silence Statutes May Threaten The Wall Of Separation Between Church And State - Wallace V. Jaffree, Valerie B. Spalding

Campbell Law Review

This Note will trace the Supreme Court's treatment of prayer in the public schools. It will then explore the parameters laid out in Jaffree and demonstrate that the Supreme Court has relaxed its rigid attitude towards prayer in the public schools. Finally, the Note will apply the Jaffree parameters to North Carolina's new "Moment of Silence" statute.