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Church, State, and Original Intent

Lee J. Strang

Following the Supreme Court’s (in)famous 1947 decision, Everson v. Board of Education , which constitutionalized a strict-separationist interpretation of the Establishment Clause on the basis of the Clause’s purported...

Living Constitution, Dying Faith

Lee J. Strang

Living Constitution, Dying Faith: Progressivism and the New Science of Jurisprudence by Bradley C.S. Watson ISI Books, 250 pages, $25 n The Constitution is the focus of our national...