Church, state, and original intent / Donald L. Drakeman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drakeman, Donald L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Constitution--1st Amendment.

United States.

Church and state--United States.

Church and state.

Constitutional law--United States.

Constitutional law.

Constitutional history--United States.

Constitutional history.

Physical Description:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Church, State, & Original Intent

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

OCLC:

609850319