Religion on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and DocumentsFrom colonial times to the present, an insightful examination of how courts have determined the extent to which religion is accommodated in American public life.
This volume chronicles such groundbreaking cases as the 1991 decision ordering blood transfusions for children of Christian Scientists in Norwood Hospital v. Munoz and the infamous case, Engel v. Vitale, that banned prayer in schools and ignited calls for Chief Justice Earl Warren's impeachment. The work addresses such inflammatory contemporary disputes as prayer in schools, allegiance to the flag, and the display of religious symbols on public property, and the impact they have had on American society.
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Flores, a case involving a local zoning issue, a federal court found the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act unconstitutional. That case also made its way to the Supreme Court. The case created a “separation of powers” issue.
state courts, and matters involving federal law or the Constitution are heard in federal court. Because most court cases about religion in schools involve First Amendment freedom of religion issues, the cases are almost always tried in ...
III, the federal court system. The second part of the Constitution contains the constitutional amendments, including the first ten amendments, which are called the Bill of Rights. (Several states had refused to ratify the original ...
The Federal Judicial Branch The remainder of this chapter is excerpted from “Understanding the Federal Courts,” found at www.uscourts.gov. The structure of the federal court system has varied a great deal throughout the history of the ...
Federal judges are appointed for life. In the language of the Constitution, they “hold their Offices during good Behavior”; that is, they serve as long as they so desire, and they can be removed from office against their will only ...