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020			_a1589805208 : HRD _c$25.95
020			_a9781589805200
035			_a(Sirsi) li1589805208
035			_a(OCoLC)172521790
037			_bPelican Pub Co Inc, 1000 Burmaster st, Gretna, LA, USA, 70053, (504)3681175 SAN 212-0623
050	0	0	_aKF4783 _b.A934 2008
082	0	0	_a342.7308/52 _222
092			_a342.730852 _bAd221f
100	1		_aAdamson, Barry.
245	1	0	_aFreedom of religion, the First Amendment, and the Supreme Court : _bhow the Court flunked history / _cBarry Adamson.
260			_aGretna, LA : _bPelican Pub. Co., _cc2008.
300			_a422 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references ( p. 399-409) and index.
505	0		_aThe historical purpose an meaning of the First Admendment's establishment clause the Constitution's establishment clause -- Religion and government in the 1700s : the "establishment" -- The states pre-constitution "Declarations of Rights" -- The states' demands for a "Bill of Rights" as part of the Constitution -- The First Congress' consideration of a Bill of Rights : May to September, 1789 -- The meaning of "meaning" : words mean today, and tomorrow, what they meant when written -- The author's own understanding : Congress's Contemporaneous Acts in 1789 -- The author's own understanding : Congress's subsequent acts -- A meaning consistent with the states' own constitutions and laws in 1789 -- A meaning consistent with amendments proposed by ratifying states -- A meaning consistent with Madison's passions -- Irony of ironies : the Supreme Court extends the establishment clause's disablement to the states -- Jefferson's metaphorical "wall of separation" : a wall of colloquial concoction -- The Supreme Court flunks history and sends religion, God, and Christmas Underground -- The consequences of a rewritten history : the Everson aftermath.
650		0	_aFreedom of religion _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aChurch and state _zUnited States _xHistory.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _tConstitution. _n1st Amendment _xHistory.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bSupreme Court _xHistory.
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