 establishment of religion" clause of the First Amendment means at least this: Neither a state nor the Federal Government can set up a church. Neither can pass laws which aid one religion, aid all religions, or prefer one religion over another. Neither...  Hearings - Page 285by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare - 1947Full view - About this book
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor - 1947 - 808 pages
...Supreme Court of the United States declared that — The first amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and...first amendment means at least this : * * * Neither State nor Federal Government can pass laws which aid one religion, aid all religions, or prefer one... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1947 - 1244 pages
...safely and expeditiously to and from accredited schools. The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and...impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach. New Jersey has not breached it here. Affirmed. MR. JUSTICE JACKSON, dissenting. I find myself, contrary... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Education and Public Welfare - 1947 - 622 pages
...majority opinion in that case, where the Court said: The first amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and...impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach. And the only reason why the majority of the Court in the New Jersey parochial bus case, by a majority... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Labor and Public Welfare - 1947 - 652 pages
...the first amendment to the Federal Constitution — The first amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and...impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach. New Jersey has not breached it here. You do not agree, then, with the conclusion of the Court? Mr.... | |
 | Joseph Hugh Brady - 1954 - 214 pages
...then concludes the Court's opinion with this paragraph: The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and...impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach. New Jersey has not breached it here. 4' Only grave ignorance (hardly a desirable quality in the judges... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor - 1958 - 810 pages
...in the prevailing opinion in the Everson v. Board of Education (330 US 1. 1947). The "establishment of religion" clause of the first amendment means at least this : Neither a State nor the Federal Government can set up a church. Neither can pass laws which aid one religion,... | |
 | Christian Smith - 2003 - 500 pages
...the more celebrated and criticized lines, stated that the "First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and...impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach." Ironically, Justice Black was writing a decision that allowed public funding of parochial school bussing.... | |
 | Frank Adloff - 2003 - 388 pages
...aktive Engagement ihrer Mitglieder angewiesen. Noch einmal die Worte von Supreme Court-Richter Hugo: "That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach." (zitiert nach Thiemann 1996: 43) 3.2.2 Zivilreligion in den USA In letzter Zeit häufen sich die Bemühungen,... | |
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