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Religious Liberty at the Founding

We the People

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The Origins of the Religion Clauses

Philip Klein: The original meaning of the establishment clause was to protect state authority. But there was another purpose, he says; it was to prevent the national government from making an establishment. It's complicated for matters of contemporary jurisprudence because of the doctrine of incorporation, writes Klein.

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