Church, State, and Original Intent
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government
| Author: | Donald L. Drakeman | ISBN: | 9780511847684 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | Publication: | November 16, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Donald L. Drakeman |
| ISBN: | 9780511847684 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication: | November 16, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Language: | English |
This provocative book shows how the United States Supreme Court has used constitutional history in church-state cases. Donald L. Drakeman describes the ways in which the justices have portrayed the framers' actions in a light favoring their own views about how church and state should be separated. He then marshals the historical evidence, leading to a surprising conclusion about the original meaning of the First Amendment's establishment clause: the framers originally intended the establishment clause only as a prohibition against a single national church. In showing how conventional interpretations have gone astray, he casts light on the close relationship between religion and government in America and brings to life a fascinating parade of church-state constitutional controversies from the founding era to the present.
This provocative book shows how the United States Supreme Court has used constitutional history in church-state cases. Donald L. Drakeman describes the ways in which the justices have portrayed the framers' actions in a light favoring their own views about how church and state should be separated. He then marshals the historical evidence, leading to a surprising conclusion about the original meaning of the First Amendment's establishment clause: the framers originally intended the establishment clause only as a prohibition against a single national church. In showing how conventional interpretations have gone astray, he casts light on the close relationship between religion and government in America and brings to life a fascinating parade of church-state constitutional controversies from the founding era to the present.
