POL S 370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Establishment Clause, Sexual Orientation, Pentecostalism

• School: Iowa State University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL S 370
• Professor: Shaw Kelly

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(cid:862)esta(cid:271)lish(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863) (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e i(cid:374)terpreted two ways: narrowly: the establishment clause prohibits only the kind of establishment which existed in europe prior to the american revolution. Thus congress was barred by the first amendment from establishing an official, publicly supported church: broadly: the clause prohibits any governmental support of religion. Government is barred from support or involvement in any religion. Over the years, supreme court has taken a broader interpretation, demanding what. Justi(cid:272)e bla(cid:272)k o(cid:374)(cid:272)e ter(cid:373)ed (cid:862)a wall of separatio(cid:374) (cid:271)etwee(cid:374) chur(cid:272)h a(cid:374)d tate(cid:863) This precedent was established by the court in the 1947 case everson v. board of. In this school busing case, the court reached in a 5-4 decision that using public transportation to get parochial school students to school was not a violation of the establishment clause. Justice black and the majority decided the busing provided benefits to the pupil, not the school. Comparative politics: not quite the end of religion.