PSC 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Establishment Clause, Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, Sherbert V. Verner
30 Oct 2020
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Everson v ewing township board of education (1947) Case poses the question of if new jersey can give certain monetary support to religious organizations, or if that action is deemed a violation of the establishment clause. Virginia, emphasizing that madison was the author of the first amendment. Jefferson and madison were both involved in ending the practice where the virginia government gave tax revenues to the anglican church: madison wrote an essay, referred to as the memorial and remonstrance. Jefferson wrote the statute for religious freedom in virginia: quotes thomas jefferson"s letter to the danbury baptists where he claimed that there must be a wall of separation between church and state . Insists that the high wall doctrine means that law is unconstitutional. Court held that the state could loan textbooks to religious schools if those textbooks dealt with secular subjects: emphasizes that it was the students who were receiving aid as they were the ones using the textbooks.
