Establishment Clause

establishment clause English Proper noun Establishment Clause A clause in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, stating Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. en 1989 May “A Picture Held Us Captive”: Conceptual Confusion and the Lemon Test William B. Petersen w:University of Pennsylvania Law Review 0041-9907 137 5 3312241 1829 The Lemon test appears to compartmentalize the factors that are dispositive in establishment clause cases and hints at precision in both analysis and outcome. en 2002 May From Liberty to Equality: The Transformation of the Establishment Clause Noah Feldman w:California Law Review 0008-1221 90 3 3481234 676 This Article shows, for the first time, how the Supreme Court transformed the Establishment Clause by gradually developing a new justification for the separation of church and state: guaranteeing the political equality of religious minorities. en 2009-10-07 Religion Largely Absent in Argument About Cross Adam Liptak w:The New York Times 0362-4331 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/us/08scotus.html Ten years ago, Frank Buono, a retired employee of the National Park Service, objected to the cross, saying it violated the establishment clause. https://web.archive.org/web/20260205231111/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/us/08scotus.html 5 February 2026 en 2011-10-17 Is Religion Above the Law? w:Stanley Fish w:The New York Times The free-exercise clause tells us that that religion is especially favored and the establishment clause tells us that it is especially feared (the state should avoid entanglement with that stuff). Holonyms en First Amendment Coordinate terms en Free Exercise Clause Further reading en Law