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Establishment Clause, the 1st Amendment, and School Prayer

The reasons that have been purported in favor of re instituting school prayer are numerous. One of the primary arguments for schoo...

Amicus Curae Brief Filing, the 1st Amendment, and School Prayer

This report consists of twelve pages and considers issues pertaining to the Establishment Clause and the U.S. Constitution's 1st A...

U.S. Constitution and Freedom of Religion

In five pages this paper examines how the courts have interpreted the 1st Amendment clauses of free exercise and establishment. S...

U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Involving Freedom of Religion

In eight pages this paper examines the 1st Amendment's free exercise clause as it has been interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court i...

10 Commandments and the First Amendment's Establishment Clause

In eight pages this paper examines why the public property display of the 10 Commandments is unconstitutional based on the Establi...

Church and State in the 1992 U.S. Supreme Court Case of Lee v. Weisman 505

In eight pages this paper discusses whether or not the First Amendment rights are being violated by a school function's religious ...

The First Amendment is the Most Important

Fathers realized that the only way in which freedom of religion could be preserved was to establish a firm division between Church...

Public Schools and Celebration of Halloween

the term today has its roots in William Penns "Holy Experiment" in Pennsylvania when what would become the United States of Americ...

School Prayer & The Lemon Test

505 U.S. 577 (1992), the United States Supreme Court addressed the question of whether or not the inclusion of a member of the cle...

Pros and Cons of Prayer in School

In ten pages this research paper assesses the historical pros and cons associated with school prayer in American public schools be...

Protocol of Public Schools and the US Constitution's 4th Amendment

The case is clearly poignant in a sea of cases concerning individual rights and freedoms. It is certainly apropos in todays climat...

Due Process Clause and Punitive Damages

be considered a violation of the due process clause? The doctrine of Substantive Due Process contends that the actual clause does ...

Prayer and Spirituality

Reformers argued that Gods grace changes or transforms lives. Calvin consistently wrote and preached about the Holy spirit through...

Christianity Versus Islam : Prayer And Study

prayers. This is very different in Islam. As most of us should know by now, Muslims pray five times each day, each time facing Me...

1992 Case of Luke Records v. Navarro, 960 F.2d 130 Legal Brief

In two pages this paper presents a background of the case involving the 1st Amendment's freedom of speech as it relates to the roc...

1st and 2nd Amendments' Examination and Revision

the Constitution (and its Bill of Rights) is a living document, which was written in such a way so as to fit the times. While this...

Why Should Man Pray if God is Omnipotent?

In five pages this paper discusses the daily usefulness of prayer in an overview that includes such topics as divine planning and ...

The Boys Scouts in Litigation

they affirmed their intention to found a Christian nation under God.1 Historian Frank Lambert refers to these men as the "Puritan ...

An Overview of Chandler v. Siegelman and Adler v. Duval

establishing a precedence that requires public schools to remove any private religious expression during graduation, an inevitable...

U.S., Free Speech, and Engel v. Vitale

prescribing religious devotions; the idea being that by keeping a strict line between religion and state, religious freedom is ens...

Issues in Georgia Education: School Prayer and Vouchers

surprising given that Georgias Constitution itself is somewhat contradictory as to the guidance it provides on the appropriateness...

The Establishment Clause by Leonard Levy

In five pages the issues presented by Levy are explicated in order to present the argument that Congress frequently exceeds Consti...

Leonard Levy's The Establishment Clause

In five pages this paper discusses Levy's conclusion that Congress's view of religious freedom was broad and that government was p...

Reflections on the First Amendment

burned an American flag, so although he did not literally speak, his act is still a form of protest. The facts are these: during t...

Constitutional Issues Q and A

systems as well as other venues. Schools are notoriously at odds. What occurs sometimes is that religious groups object to scienti...

Case Law and Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court

Although the right to public trial is protected under the due process clause, however, that protection is not absolute in that rea...

Students, Constitutional Rights, and Tinker v. Des Moines School District

In five pages this paper discusses students 1st Amendment rights to protest were violated in this consideration of this Supreme Co...

First Amendment and Free Speech

In six pages relevant Supreme Court cases are discussed in a consideration of the 1st Amendment and the importance of free speech....

Arguments Favoring the Demise of Hate Speech

In ten pages this research paper advocates an abridgement to the 1st Amendment that would prohibit hate speech in the U.S. with a ...

First Amendment and Pornography

In nine pages this research paper discusses the 1st Amendment and pornography in a consideration of the Paris Adult Theater v. Sla...