03013nam 2200661Ia 450 991078577070332120200520144314.01-283-59945-797866139119020-7391-4679-3(CKB)2670000000241720(EBL)1021895(OCoLC)817812577(SSID)ssj0000711772(PQKBManifestationID)12330361(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711772(PQKBWorkID)10693801(PQKB)10866025(SSID)ssj0001148567(PQKBManifestationID)12443502(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001148567(PQKBWorkID)11144272(PQKB)11191916(MiAaPQ)EBC1021895(Au-PeEL)EBL1021895(CaPaEBR)ebr10602203(CaONFJC)MIL391190(EXLCZ)99267000000024172020100528d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe religion clauses of the First Amendment[electronic resource] guarantees of states' rights? /Ellis M. WestLanham, Md. Lexington Booksc20111 online resource (217 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-4678-5 0-7391-4677-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Clarification of the Issue; 3 A Critical Analysis of the Federalist Interpretation; 4 The Ratification Debate and Proposed Religion Clauses; 5 The Drafting of the Religion Clauses; 6 Were the Framers Hopelessly Divided over the Issue of Government and Religion?; 7 The Early American Understanding of the Religion Clauses; 8 The Federalist Interpretation of the Religion Clauses: A Concluding Assessment; Bibliography; IndexWere the religion clauses of the First Amendment intended to protect individuals' right to religious freedom and equality or the states' traditional right to legislate on religion? This book examines all the arguments and historical evidence relating to this question, and demonstrates, contrary to the views of some scholars and Supreme Court justices, that the clauses were sought, drafted, and originally understood not as guarantees of states' rights but as normative restraints on the national government's power over religion.Church and stateUnited StatesFreedom of religionUnited StatesStates' rights (American politics)Church and stateFreedom of religionStates' rights (American politics)342.7303West Ellis McKinney1936-1063374MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785770703321The religion clauses of the First Amendment3788404UNINA