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What amendment contains the Establishment Clause?
The first amendment contains the establishment clause
Under which clause is the government prohibited from declaring a national religion?
The Establishment Clause
The establishment clause is part of which amendment?
1st
The Lemon test involves what part of the Constitution?
The Establishment clause
Which case was the Supreme Court and first ruling on the Establishment Clause?
Two clauses of the first amendment concern the relationship of government to religion. There is the establishment clause and the free exercise clause. The clauses were intended to serve common values. The establishment clause purpose was intended to prohibit the federal government from declaring and financially support a national religion. The Supreme Court interpretation of the establishment clause does not begin until 1947 in Everson v Board of education. Voting 5 to 4 the court upheld a state law that reimburses parents for the cost of busing their children to parochial schools. If the state had reimbursed the parochial schools for the cost of transportation it would violate the establishment clause. Another case was a school sponsored prayer starting the school day in New York schools violated the establishment clause.
