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Back From The Brink, Joel M. Gora
Some Reflections On Multiculturalism, "Equal Concern And Respect," And The Establishment Clause Of The First Amendment, Sanford Levinson
Some Reflections On Multiculturalism, "Equal Concern And Respect," And The Establishment Clause Of The First Amendment, Sanford Levinson
University of Richmond Law Review
I was born and grew up in Hendersonville, North Carolina, a small town of about 6000 people in the western part of the state. There were about 30 Jewish families in Hendersonville, and I knew from a very early age that I was Jewish and, consequently, that I was different in an important way from almost all of my neighbors and classmates. The most evident way, especially to a child, involved dietary prohibitions against eating pork. I also knew that I was allowed absences from school (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur) while other children were not. Inevitably, my Jewishness accounts …
The Lemon Test Rears Its Ugly Head Again: Lamb's Chapel V. Center Moriches Union Free School District, Wirt P. Marks Iv
The Lemon Test Rears Its Ugly Head Again: Lamb's Chapel V. Center Moriches Union Free School District, Wirt P. Marks Iv
University of Richmond Law Review
Since 1971, Establishment Clause cases have been analyzed under the three-prong test articulated by the Supreme Court in Lemon v. Kurtzman. However, this test has often been criticized for producing inconsistent results. In addition, inconsistent application of the test by the Court, and conflicting philosophies among judges and scholars regarding the separation of church and state, have resulted in considerable objection to the Lemon test. In fact, at least five of the current Supreme Court Justices have expressed their dissatisfaction with the Lemon test as a workable framework for Establishment Clause analysis.
Lee V. Weisman: A New Age For Establishment Clause Jurisprudence?, Elizabeth Brandt
Lee V. Weisman: A New Age For Establishment Clause Jurisprudence?, Elizabeth Brandt
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