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Up Against The Wall Of Separation: The Question Of American Religious Democracy, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2005

Up Against The Wall Of Separation: The Question Of American Religious Democracy, Bruce Ledewitz

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Sex, Politics, And Morality, Edward L. Rubin Oct 2005

Sex, Politics, And Morality, Edward L. Rubin

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Ten Commandments, Nine Judges, And Five Versions Of One Amendment - The First. ("Now What?"), William W. Van Alstyne Oct 2005

Ten Commandments, Nine Judges, And Five Versions Of One Amendment - The First. ("Now What?"), William W. Van Alstyne

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


The Original Meaning Of The Establishment Clause, Robert G. Natelson Oct 2005

The Original Meaning Of The Establishment Clause, Robert G. Natelson

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


The Supreme Court And The Ten Commandments: Compounding The Establishment Clause Confusion, Jay A. Sekulow, Francis J. Manion Oct 2005

The Supreme Court And The Ten Commandments: Compounding The Establishment Clause Confusion, Jay A. Sekulow, Francis J. Manion

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Upholding The Unbroken Tradition: Constitutional Acknowledgment Of The Ten Commandments In The Public Square, Greg Abbott Oct 2005

Upholding The Unbroken Tradition: Constitutional Acknowledgment Of The Ten Commandments In The Public Square, Greg Abbott

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


The Pledge As Sacred Political Ritual, Sheldon H. Nahmod Feb 2005

The Pledge As Sacred Political Ritual, Sheldon H. Nahmod

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


But Could They Pray At Uva? The Fourth Circuit's Application Of The Supreme Court's School Prayer Jurisprudence To The Virginia Military Institute's Adult Cadets, Alexander A. Minard Feb 2005

But Could They Pray At Uva? The Fourth Circuit's Application Of The Supreme Court's School Prayer Jurisprudence To The Virginia Military Institute's Adult Cadets, Alexander A. Minard

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Judicial Review And Nongeneralizable Cases, Neal Devins, Alan J. Meese Jan 2005

Judicial Review And Nongeneralizable Cases, Neal Devins, Alan J. Meese

Faculty Publications

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Putting Religious Symbolism In Context: A Linguistic Critique Of The Endorsement Test, B. Jessie Hill Jan 2005

Putting Religious Symbolism In Context: A Linguistic Critique Of The Endorsement Test, B. Jessie Hill

Faculty Publications

The Supreme Court's jurisprudence concerning public displays of religious symbols is notoriously unpredictable. In this Article, Professor Hill argues that the instability and apparent incoherence of the Supreme Court's religious symbolism jurisprudence is due to certain difficulties inherent in discerning the "meaning" or "message" of a religious display. In particular, she attributes the unpredictability of the jurisprudence to the fact that the meaning of the display is dependent on the "context," which is itself an unmanageable and unformalizable concept. This Article, which draws on insights from literary and linguistic theory, breaks with previous commentators' claims that the difficulties with the …