Slides

1. PO 379
Spring 2017

2. “Congress shall make no laws respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”

3.  Federal government may not pass laws
providing for “an establishment” of religion

4. THOMAS JEFFERSON JAMES MADISON

5. SEPARATIONISTS
 Clear division between
church and state
ACCOMODATIONISTS
 State should NOT be
separate from religion
 Accommodate religion,
without showing preference
for one religion

6.  Individuals may freely practice religion
without interference from government

10. LEMONV. KURTZMAN (1973)
 Established LemonTest to judge if laws relating to
religious activity are constitutional:
 Secular (nonreligious) purpose
 Neither advance nor inhibit religion
 Avoid excessive entanglement between church
and state