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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810843903321

Autore

Drakeman Donald L.

Titolo

Church, state, and original intent / / Donald L. Drakeman [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010

ISBN

0-511-84768-8

1-107-20344-9

9786612402661

0-511-65790-0

1-282-40266-8

0-511-80359-1

0-511-65845-1

0-511-65659-9

0-511-65574-6

0-511-65714-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 371 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

342.7308/52

Soggetti

Church and state - United States

Constitutional law - United States

Constitutional history - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Reynolds : the historical construction of constitutional reality -- Everson : a case of premeditated law office history -- The battle for the historical high ground -- Original meanings : where is the historical high ground? -- Incorporating originalism.

Sommario/riassunto

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.