ABSTRACT The United States Congress claims plenary and exclusive power over federal affairs with the Indian tribes, based primarily on the Constitution's Indian Commerce Clause …
The Founders' Hermeneutic: The Real Original Understanding of Original Intent Page 1 The Founders' Hermeneutic: The Real Original Understanding of Original Intent ROBERT G …
Virtually all federal defendants who have challenged their sentences as" cruel and unusual punishment" in violation of the Eighth Amendment have failed. This is because the Supreme …
On September 17, 1787, after meeting all summer in Philadelphia, delegates to the Federal Constitutional Convention approved the Constitution. 1 Yet, although the drafting was …
There have always been two competing views of the common law in this country. One view posits the common law as relatively stable across time and uniform across borders. The …
The Agnostic Age: Law, Religion, and the Constitution is a book for lawyers, law professors, law students, lawmakers, and any citizen who cares about church-state conflict and about …
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Religion and the State in American Law provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of religion and government in the United States, from historical origins to modern laws and …
P Horwitz - Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J., 2006 - HeinOnline
The Religious Test Clause of the United States Constitution is simple enough. It provides, briefly and with seeming clarity and finality, that" no religious Test shall ever be required as a …
Establishment Clause. However, in American Legion v. American Humanist Ass'n, the Court turned to an historical traditions test, casting doubt on the future legitimacy of the …