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American Constitutional Law 11e, Volume II provides a comprehensive
account of the nation's defining document, examining how its
provisions were originally understood by those who drafted and
ratified it, and how they have since been interpreted by the
Supreme Court, Congress, the President, lower federal courts, and
state judiciaries. Clear and accessible chapter introductions and a
careful balance between classic and recent cases provide students
with a sense of how the law has been understood and construed over
the years. The 11th Edition now includes several landmark First
Amendment cases, including Janus v. American Federation of State,
County, and Municipal Employees (2018), Minnesota Voters Alliance
v. Mansky (2018), National Institute of Family and Life Advocates
v. Beccera (2018), Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer (2017) and
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (2018). It
also includes Carpenter v. United States (2018). A revamped and
expanded companion website offers access to even more additional
cases, an archive of primary documents, and links to online
resources, making this text essential for any constitutional law
course.
American Constitutional Law 11e, Volume I provides a comprehensive
account of the nation's defining document, examining how its
provisions were originally understood by those who drafted and
ratified it, and how they have since been interpreted by the
Supreme Court, Congress, the President, lower federal courts, and
state judiciaries. Clear and accessible chapter introductions and a
careful balance between classic and recent cases provide students
with a sense of how the law has been understood and construed over
the years. The 11th Edition has been fully revised to include
several new cases, including Trump v. Hawaii (2018), in which Chief
Justice Roberts held that Korematsu v. United States "has been
overruled in the court of history"; Murphy v. National Collegiate
Athletic Association (2018), in which Justice Alito's majority
opinion provides the most compelling argument to date against
federal commandeering of state officials; and Sveen v. Melin
(2018), a Contract Clause case that shows the Court's continuing
refusal to give a textualist reading of that provision, even in the
face of Justice Gorsuch's compelling and amusing dissent. A
revamped and expanded companion website offers access to even more
additional cases, an archive of primary documents, and links to
online resources, making this text essential for any constitutional
law course.
An insightful rethinking of the meaning of the First Amendment's
protection of religious freedom. The Founders understood religious
liberty to be an inalienable natural right. Vincent Phillip Munoz
explains what this means for church-state constitutional law,
uncovering what we can and cannot determine about the original
meanings of the First Amendment's Religion Clauses and constructing
a natural rights jurisprudence of religious liberty. Drawing on
early state constitutions, declarations of religious freedom,
Founding-era debates, and the First Amendment's drafting record,
Munoz demonstrates that adherence to the Founders' political
philosophy would lead neither to consistently conservative nor
consistently liberal results. Rather, adopting the Founders'
understanding would lead to a minimalist church-state jurisprudence
that, in most cases, would return authority from the judiciary to
the American people. Thorough and convincing, Religious Liberty and
the American Founding is key reading for those seeking to
understand the Founders' political philosophy of religious freedom
and the First Amendment Religion Clauses.
An insightful rethinking of the meaning of the First Amendment's
protection of religious freedom. The Founders understood religious
liberty to be an inalienable natural right. Vincent Phillip Munoz
explains what this means for church-state constitutional law,
uncovering what we can and cannot determine about the original
meanings of the First Amendment's Religion Clauses and constructing
a natural rights jurisprudence of religious liberty. Drawing on
early state constitutions, declarations of religious freedom,
Founding-era debates, and the First Amendment's drafting record,
Munoz demonstrates that adherence to the Founders' political
philosophy would lead neither to consistently conservative nor
consistently liberal results. Rather, adopting the Founders'
understanding would lead to a minimalist church-state jurisprudence
that, in most cases, would return authority from the judiciary to
the American people. Thorough and convincing, Religious Liberty and
the American Founding is key reading for those seeking to
understand the Founders' political philosophy of religious freedom
and the First Amendment Religion Clauses.
All Americans, liberal or conservative, religious or not, can agree
that religious freedom, anchored in conscience rights, is
foundational to the U.S. democratic experiment. But what freedom of
conscience means, what its scope and limits are, according to the
Constitution - these are matters for heated debate. At a moment
when such questions loom ever larger in the nation's contentious
politics and fraught policy-making process, this timely book offers
invaluable historical, empirical, philosophical, and analytical
insight into the American constitutional heritage of religious
liberty. As the contributors to this interdisciplinary volume
attest, understanding religious freedom demands taking multiple
perspectives. The historians guide us through the legacy of
religious freedom, from the nation's founding and the rise of
public education, through the waves of immigration that added
successive layers of diversity to American society. The social
scientists discuss the swift, striking effects of judicial decision
making and the battles over free exercise in a complex,
bureaucratic society. Advocates remind us of the tensions abiding
in schools and other familiar institutions, and of the major role
minorities play in shaping free exercise under our constitutional
regime. And the jurists emphasize that this is a messy area of
constitutional law. Their work brings out the conflicts inherent in
interpreting the First Amendment - tensions between free exercise
and disestablishment, between the legislative and judicial branches
of government, and along the complex and ever-shifting boundaries
of religion, state, and society. What emerges most clearly from
these essays is how central religious liberty is to America's civic
fabric - and how, under increasing pressure from both religious and
secular forces, this First Amendment freedom demands our full
attention and understanding.
Throughout American history, legal battles concerning the First
Amendment's protection of religious liberty have been among the
most contentious issue of the rights guaranteed by the United
States Constitution. Religious Liberty and the American Supreme
Court: The Essential Cases and Documents represents the most
authoritative and up-to-date overview of the landmark cases that
have defined religious freedom in America. Noted religious liberty
expert Vincent Philip Munoz (Notre Dame) provides carefully edited
excerpts from over fifty of the most important Supreme Court
religious liberty cases. In addition, Munoz's substantive
introduction offers an overview on the constitutional history of
religious liberty in America. Introductory headnotes to each case
provides the constitutional and historical context. Religious
Liberty and the American Supreme Court is an indispensable resource
for anyone interested matters of religious freedom from the
Republic's earliest days to current debates.
America is a nation that celebrates diversity and freedom of
conscience. Yet, as Alexis de Tocqueville observed, democratic
times often demand conformity. Nowadays, conformity might be
enforced in the name of diversity itself, and go so far as to
infringe on the rights of conscience, expression, association, and
religious freedom. Americans have recently been confronted by this
paradox in various ways, from federal health care mandates, to
campus speech codes, to consumer boycotts, to public intimidation,
to vexatious litigation, to private corporations dismissing
employees for expressing certain political views. In this book,
Bradley C. S. Watson brings together leading thinkers from a
variety of disciplines to examine the manner and extent to which
conformity is demanded by contemporary American law and social
practice. Contributors also consider the long-term results of such
demands for conformity for the health-and even survival-of a
constitutional republic.
America is a nation that celebrates diversity and freedom of
conscience. Yet, as Alexis de Tocqueville observed, democratic
times often demand conformity. Nowadays, conformity might be
enforced in the name of diversity itself, and go so far as to
infringe on the rights of conscience, expression, association, and
religious freedom. Americans have recently been confronted by this
paradox in various ways, from federal health care mandates, to
campus speech codes, to consumer boycotts, to public intimidation,
to vexatious litigation, to private corporations dismissing
employees for expressing certain political views. In this book,
Bradley C. S. Watson brings together leading thinkers from a
variety of disciplines to examine the manner and extent to which
conformity is demanded by contemporary American law and social
practice. Contributors also consider the long-term results of such
demands for conformity for the health-and even survival-of a
constitutional republic.
Throughout American history, legal battles concerning the First
Amendment's protection of religious liberty have been among the
most contentious issue of the rights guaranteed by the United
States Constitution. Religious Liberty and the American Supreme
Court: The Essential Cases and Documents represents the most
authoritative and up-to-date overview of the landmark cases that
have defined religious freedom in America. Noted religious liberty
expert Vincent Philip Munoz (Notre Dame) provides carefully edited
excerpts from over fifty of the most important Supreme Court
religious liberty cases. In addition, Munoz's substantive
introduction offers an overview on the constitutional history of
religious liberty in America. Introductory headnotes to each case
provides the constitutional and historical context. Religious
Liberty and the American Constitution will be an indispensable
resource for anyone interested matters of religious freedom from
the Republics earliest days to current debates.
Did the Founding Fathers intend to build a 'wall of separation'
between church and state? Are public Ten Commandments displays or
the phrase 'under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance consistent with
the Founders' understandings of religious freedom? In God and the
Founders, Dr Vincent Phillip Munoz answers these questions by
providing comprehensive interpretations of James Madison, George
Washington, and Thomas Jefferson. By analyzing Madison's,
Washington's, and Jefferson's public documents, private writings,
and political actions, Munoz explains the Founders' competing
church-state political philosophies. Munoz explores how Madison,
Washington, and Jefferson agreed and disagreed by showing how their
different principles of religious freedom would decide the Supreme
Court's most important First Amendment religion cases. God and the
Founders answers the question, 'What would the Founders do?' for
the most pressing church-state issues of our time, including prayer
in public schools, government support of religion, and legal
burdens on individuals' religious consciences.
Did the Founding Fathers intend to build a 'wall of separation'
between church and state? Are public Ten Commandments displays or
the phrase 'under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance consistent with
the Founders' understandings of religious freedom? In God and the
Founders, Dr Vincent Phillip Munoz answers these questions by
providing comprehensive interpretations of James Madison, George
Washington, and Thomas Jefferson. By analyzing Madison's,
Washington's, and Jefferson's public documents, private writings,
and political actions, Munoz explains the Founders' competing
church-state political philosophies. Munoz explores how Madison,
Washington, and Jefferson agreed and disagreed by showing how their
different principles of religious freedom would decide the Supreme
Court's most important First Amendment religion cases. God and the
Founders answers the question, 'What would the Founders do?' for
the most pressing church-state issues of our time, including prayer
in public schools, government support of religion, and legal
burdens on individuals' religious consciences.
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