...Federal Government can, openly or secretly, participate in the affairs of any religious organizations or groups, and vice versa. In the words of Jefferson,...to erect "a wall of separation between church and State."6 The four Everson dissenters disagreed only with the majority's application of that separationist...

...Government can, openly or secretly, participate in the affairs of any religious organizations or groups. In the words of Jefferson, the clause against establishment...intended to erect a wall of separation between church and State." Without citing precedent or case, Black went on to write, "This Court has previously recognized...

...religion, aid all religions, or prefer one religion over another."1 A few sentences later Black added, "In the words of Jefferson, the clause against establishment...to erect 'a wall of separation between church and State.' "2 With those words, the Supreme Court adopted the legal doctrine of no aid to religion, either...

...endorsement. As Justice Black explained in Everson v. Board of Education of Ewing Township in 1947, "In the words of Jefferson, the clause against establishment...to erect 'a wall of separation between church and State.'" Under this standard, some cases are easy. The state cannot aid an established church, so if...

...(1947), the Supreme Court returned to the metaphor: "In the words of Jefferson, the [First Amendment] clause against establishment of religion by law was...to erect 'a wall of separation between church and State.' . . . That wall," the justices concluded in a sweeping separationist declaration, "must be...

...Federal Government can, openly or secretly, participate in the affairs of any religious organizations or groups and vice versa. In the words of Jefferson, the clause against establishment of religion by laws was intended to erect "a wall of separation between church and State."36 Relying on the intent...

...Federal Government can, openly or secretly, participate in the affairs of any religious organizations or groups and vice versa. In the words of Jefferson,...to erect "a wall of separation between Church and State."2 In his years as a member of the Supreme Court, from 1937 to 1971, Justice Black limited himself...

...Federal Government can, openly or secretly, participate in the affairs of any religious organizations or groups and vice versa. In the words of Jefferson,...to erect 'a wall of separation between Church and State.' " A year later, in McCollum v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court struck down a state program...

...institutions, whatever they may be called, or whatever form they may adopt to teach or practice religion. ... In the words of Jefferson, the clause against establishment...to erect "a wall of separation between church and state." . . . That wall must be kept high and impregnable/ Nonetheless, hundreds of millions of tax...

...Federal Government can, openly or secretly, participate in the affairs of any religious organizations or groups and vice versa. In the words of Jefferson,...to erect "a wall of separation between Church and State." In the words of James Reichley, "The bomb planted by Chief Justice Waite six decades before...