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First Amendment Religious Liberties [electronic resource] : Supreme Court Decisions and Public Opinion, 1947-2013.

By: Series: Recht und GesellschaftPublication details: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (236 p.)ISBN:
  • 9781593327828 (electronic bk.)
  • 159332782X (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: First Amendment Religious Liberties : Supreme Court Decisions and Public Opinion, 1947-2013DDC classification:
  • 342.7308/52
LOC classification:
  • KF4865 .C66 2014
Online resources: Summary: Cook analyzes the relationship between Supreme Court decisions and public opinion concerning First Amendment religious liberties. Overall, the Court has issued opinions consistent with public opinion in a majority of its decisions dealing with the First Amendment's religion clauses, with a level of congruence of almost seventy percent when a clear public opinion expression is present. She also provides a new perspective for understanding the long and contentious debate about prayer in public school by identifying an area of agreement between the Court and public opinion that has not received m.
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Cook analyzes the relationship between Supreme Court decisions and public opinion concerning First Amendment religious liberties. Overall, the Court has issued opinions consistent with public opinion in a majority of its decisions dealing with the First Amendment's religion clauses, with a level of congruence of almost seventy percent when a clear public opinion expression is present. She also provides a new perspective for understanding the long and contentious debate about prayer in public school by identifying an area of agreement between the Court and public opinion that has not received m.

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