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

Title
Church, state, and original intent / Donald L. Drakeman.
Author
Drakeman, Donald L.
Publication
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

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x, 371 p.; 25 cm.
Summary
Donald L. Drakeman describes the ways in which Supreme Court 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. --from publisher description.
Subject
  • United States
  • Church and state > United States
  • Constitutional law > United States
  • Constitutional history > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-367) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
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.
ISBN
  • 9780521119184 (hardback)
  • 0521119189 (hardback)
  • 9780521134521 (pbk.)
  • 0521134528 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2009011147
OCLC
316327245
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library