First Amendment

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_________________________ ensures that the US does not have any state endorsed religion nor does it write its laws based on any religious edicts, and it's also the clause in the Constitution that deals with religious monuments and school prayers...

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The First Amendment

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The Supreme Court in ____________ vs. Kurtzman devised a three prong test to see if the state law violates the First Amendment religious freedom clauses.

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Lemon

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Under the first prong (of the Lemon Test), the Court looks to see whether the law in question has a ___________ legislative purpose

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secular

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Under the second prong (of the Lemon Test), the Court examines whether or not the law's principle or primary effect neither __________________ religion.

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enhances nor inhibits

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The third prong (of the Lemon Test) requires that the law under consideration does not create _______________ between a church and the state.

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an excessive entanglement

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First of all, the Justices engaged in some ____________ reasoning about the Pennsylvania case. The Court argued that even if, in this situation, the secular purpose was a good one, there's a tendency for states to take more and more power for themselves.

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slippery slope

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What provision of the constitution says that Congress can make no law that hinders a person's ability to practice their religion?

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Free Exercise Clause

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The Freedom of Religion can be found in what amendment?

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1st Amendment

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What Supreme Court case said that the government could not make Amish parents send their kids to school past the 8th grade?

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Wisconsin v. Yoder

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The Supreme Court case Engle v. Vitale had to do with the _________ of the Constitution?

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Establishment Clause