Religious Liberty and the American Supreme Court

Vincent Phillip Munoz

doi:10.5771/9781442208292

Summary

Throughout American history, legal battles concerning the First Amendment’s protection of religious liberty have been among the most contentious issue of the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution. Religious Liberty and the American Supreme Court: The Essential Cases and Documents represents the most authoritative and up-to-date overview of the landmark cases that have defined religious freedom in America. Noted religious liberty expert Vincent Philip Munoz (Notre Dame) provides carefully edited excerpts from over fifty of the most important Supreme Court religious liberty cases. In addition, Munoz’s substantive introduction offers an overview on the constitutional history of religious liberty in America. Introductory headnotes to each case provides the constitutional and historical context. Religious Liberty and the American Supreme Court will be an indispensable resource for anyone interested matters of religious freedom from the Republics earliest days to current debates.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2013
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4422-0827-8
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4422-0829-2
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 632
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Cases by Subject Matter No access
3. Notes on the Text No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 12
Chapter 1. Reynolds v. United States: 98 U.S. 145 (1879) No access Pages 13 - 17
Chapter 2. Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States: 143 U.S. 457 (1892) No access Pages 18 - 22
Chapter 3. Bradfield v. Roberts: 175 U.S. 291 (1899) No access Pages 23 - 25
Chapter 4. Cantwell v. State of Connecticut: 310 U.S. 296 (1940) No access Pages 26 - 28
Chapter 5. Minersville School District v. Gobitis: 310 U.S. 586 (1940) No access Pages 29 - 34
Chapter 6. Jones v. Opelika; Bowden v. Fort Smith; Jobin v. Arizona: 316 U.S. 584 (1942) No access Pages 35 - 41
Chapter 7. Murdock v. Pennsylvania (City of Jeannette): 319 U.S. 105 (1943) No access Pages 42 - 51
Chapter 8. West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette: 319 U.S. 624 (1943) No access Pages 52 - 61
Chapter 9. Follett v. Town of McCormick: 321 U.S. 573 (1944) No access Pages 62 - 66
Chapter 10. Everson v. Board of Education of Ewing Township: 330 U.S. 1 (1947) No access Pages 67 - 81
Chapter 11. Illinois ex rel. McCollum v. Board of Education: 333 U.S. 203 (1948) No access Pages 82 - 90
Chapter 12. Zorach v. Clauson: 343 U.S. 306 (1952) No access Pages 91 - 96
Chapter 13. Torcaso v. Watkins: 367 U.S. 488 (1961) No access Pages 97 - 98
Chapter 14. Braunfeld v. Brown: 366 U.S. 599 (1961) No access Pages 99 - 104
Chapter 15. Engel v. Vitale: 370 U.S. 421 (1962) No access Pages 105 - 111
Chapter 16. Abington School District v. Schempp: 374 U.S. 203 (1963) No access Pages 112 - 131
Chapter 17. Sherbert v. Verner: 374 U.S. 398 (1963) No access Pages 132 - 139
Chapter 18. United States v. Seeger: 380 U.S. 163 (1965) No access Pages 140 - 144
Chapter 19. Board of Education v. Allen: 392 U.S. 236 (1968) No access Pages 145 - 150
Chapter 20. Epperson v. Arkansas: 393 U.S. 97 (1968) No access Pages 151 - 155
Chapter 21. Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of New York: 397 U.S. 664 (1970) No access Pages 156 - 167
Chapter 22. Welsh v. United States: 398 U.S. 333 (1970) No access Pages 168 - 177
Chapter 23. Lemon v. Kurtzman: 403 U.S. 602 (1971) No access Pages 178 - 187
Chapter 24. Tilton v. Richardson: 403 U.S. 672 (1971) No access Pages 188 - 194
Chapter 25. Wisconsin v. Yoder: 406 U.S. 205 (1972) No access Pages 195 - 200
Chapter 26. Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Nyquist: 413 U.S. 756 (1973) No access Pages 201 - 209
Chapter 27. McDaniel v. Paty: 435 U.S. 618 (1978) No access Pages 210 - 216
Chapter 28. Stone v. Graham: 449 U.S. 39 (1980) No access Pages 217 - 219
Chapter 29. Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division: 450 U.S. 707 (1981) No access Pages 220 - 226
Chapter 30. Widmar v. Vincent: 454 U.S. 263 (1981) No access Pages 227 - 232
Chapter 31. United States v. Lee: 455 U.S. 252 (1982) No access Pages 233 - 236
Chapter 32. Bob Jones University v. United States: 461 U.S. 574 (1983) No access Pages 237 - 241
Chapter 33. Mueller v. Allen: 463 U.S. 388 (1983) No access Pages 242 - 251
Chapter 34. Marsh v. Chambers: 463 U.S. 783 (1983) No access Pages 252 - 260
Chapter 35. Lynch v. Donnelly: 465 U.S. 668 (1984) No access Pages 261 - 270
Chapter 36. Wallace v. Jaffree: 472 U.S. 38 (1985) No access Pages 271 - 292
Chapter 37. Witters v. Washington Department of Services for the Blind: 474 U.S. 481 (1986) No access Pages 293 - 295
Chapter 38. Goldman v. Weinberger: 475 U.S. 503 (1986) No access Pages 296 - 301
Chapter 39. Edwards v. Aguillard: 482 U.S. 578 (1987) No access Pages 302 - 311
Chapter 40. Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Amos: 483 U.S. 327 (1987) No access Pages 312 - 318
Chapter 41. Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association: 485 U.S. 439 (1988) No access Pages 319 - 327
Chapter 42. Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock: 489 U.S. 1 (1989) No access Pages 328 - 333
Chapter 43. County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union, Greater Pittsburgh Chapter: 492 U.S. 573 (1989) No access Pages 334 - 355
Chapter 44. Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith: 494 U.S. 872 (1990) No access Pages 356 - 370
Chapter 45. Board of Education of the Westside Community Schools v. Mergens: 496 U.S. 226 (1990) No access Pages 371 - 380
Chapter 46. Lee v. Weisman: 505 U.S. 577 (1992) No access Pages 381 - 398
Chapter 47. Lamb’s Chapel and John Steigerwald v. Center Moriches Union Free School District: 508 U.S. 384 (1993) No access Pages 399 - 403
Chapter 48. Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah: 508 U.S. 520 (1993) No access Pages 404 - 408
Chapter 49. Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District: 509 U.S. 1 (1993) No access Pages 409 - 413
Chapter 50. Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board v. Pinette: 515 U.S. 753 (1995) No access Pages 414 - 421
Chapter 51. Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia: 515 U.S. 819 (1995) No access Pages 422 - 438
Chapter 52. Agostini v. Felton: 521 U.S. 203 (1997) No access Pages 439 - 445
Chapter 53. City of Boerne v. Flores: 521 U.S. 507 (1997) No access Pages 446 - 460
Chapter 54. Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe: 530 U.S. 290 (2000) No access Pages 461 - 465
Chapter 55. Mitchell v. Helms: 530 U.S. 793 (2000) No access Pages 466 - 481
Chapter 56. Good News Club v. Milford Central School: 533 U.S. 98 (2001) No access Pages 482 - 490
Chapter 57. Zelman v. Simmons-Harris: 536 U.S. 639 (2002) No access Pages 491 - 507
Chapter 58. Locke v. Davey: 540 U.S. 712 (2004) No access Pages 508 - 513
Chapter 59. Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow: 542 U.S. 1 (2004) No access Pages 514 - 525
Chapter 60. Van Orden v. Perry: 545 U.S. 677 (2005) No access Pages 526 - 543
Chapter 61. McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky: 545 U.S. 844 (2005) No access Pages 544 - 558
Chapter 62. Christian Legal Society v. Martinez: 130 S. Ct. 2971 (2010) No access Pages 559 - 567
Chapter 63. Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn: 131 S. Ct. 1436 (2011) No access Pages 568 - 573
Chapter 64. Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: 132 S. Ct. 694 (2012) No access Pages 574 - 579
Appendix A. A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom in Virginia (1777, 1786) No access Pages 580 - 581
Appendix B. Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments (1785) No access Pages 582 - 586
Appendix C. The Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 and Barnes v. Falmouth (1810) No access Pages 587 - 593
Appendix D. Records of the First Congress Pertaining to the Drafting of the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment (1789) No access Pages 594 - 600
Appendix E. Letter to the Annual Meeting of Quakers (1789) No access Pages 601 - 601
Appendix F. Letter to the Hebrew Congregation at Newport (1790) No access Pages 602 - 602
Appendix G. Letter to the Danbury Baptist Association (1802) No access Pages 603 - 604
Index No access Pages 605 - 632