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  2. U.S. Constitution Annotated
  3. Amendment I. Fundamental Freedoms
  4. The Religion Clauses
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    The Religion Clauses
    • Overview of the Religion Clauses
    • Historical Background
      • Introduction to the Historical Background of the Religion Clauses
      • England and Religious Freedom
      • State-Established Religion in the Colonies
      • Colonial Conceptions of Religious Liberty
      • Virginia's Movement Towards Religious Freedom
      • Continental Congresses
      • Constitutional Convention, Ratification, and the Bill of Rights
      • Early Interpretations of the Religion Clauses
    • Government Resolution of Religious Disputes
      • Government Resolution of Religious Disputes: Overview
      • Doctrinal Basis
      • Neutral Principles of Law
      • Church Leadership and the Ministerial Exception
    • Establishment Clause
      • General Principle of Neutrality
      • Accommodationist and Separationist Theories
      • Establishment Clause Tests
      • Financial Assistance to Religion
        • Financial Assistance to Religion : Overview
        • Early Cases and Everson v. Board of Education
        • Adoption of the Lemon Test
        • Application of the Lemon Test
        • Zelman and Indirect Aid
        • Denying Financial Assistance to Religion
      • Non-Financial Assistance to Religion
        • Non-Financial Assistance to Religion : Overview
        • Early Cases
        • Purpose and Effect Before Lemon
        • Lemon's Purpose Prong
        • Lemon's Effect Prong
          • Lemon's Effect Prong Overview
          • Lemon's Effect Prong and Accommodation of Religion
          • Lemon's Effect Prong and Pervasively Sectarian Institutions
        • Lemon's Entanglement Prong
        • Endorsement Variation on Lemon
        • Abandoning Lemon and Using Other Tests
          • Abandonment of Lemon
          • Coercion
          • Consideration of Historical Tradition
    • The Free Exercise Clause
      • The Free Exercise Clause Overview
      • Laws Regulating Religious Belief
      • Facially Neutral Laws that Interfere With Religious Practice
        • Facially Neutral Laws During the 1940s and 1950s
        • Facially Neutral Laws From the 1960s Through the 1980s
        • Facially Neutral Laws and Internal Government Affairs
        • Facially Neutral Laws and Current Doctrine
        • Facially Neutral Laws Regulating Prisons and the Military
        • Laws that Discriminate Against Religious Practice
    • Relationship Between the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses
    • Relationship Between Religion Clauses and Free Speech Clause

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