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Public Financing of Religious Schools: James G. Blaine and Justice Clarence Thomas' "Bigotry Thesis"
Download full textAlexander, Kern – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2007
United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas writing for a plurality of the Court in "Mitchell v. Helms" in 2000 advanced the idea that state constitutional prohibitions against public funding of religious schools were manifestations of anti-Catholic bigotry in the late 19th century. Thomas' reading of history and law led him to…
Descriptors: Public Support, Financial Support, Parochial Schools, Educational Finance
Peer reviewedZirkel, Perry A. – Journal of Law and Education, 2001
Introduces the following Counterpoint article on "Ex Corde Ecclesiae" ("From the Heart of the Church"), a document issued by Pope Paul VI in 1990 that provided guidelines for the operation of Roman Catholic colleges and universities. (PKP)
Descriptors: Catholics, Church Role, Constitutional Law, Higher Education
Peer reviewedRusso, Charles J.; Gregory, David L. – Journal of Law and Education, 2001
Challenges assertion in article by the Alexanders that "Ex Corde Ecclesiae" will increase risk that Catholic institutions of higher education will violate the Establishment Clause. Authors argue that recent Establishment Clause decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court have effectively eliminated the wall of separation between church and…
Descriptors: Catholics, Church Role, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
Peer reviewedBurtchaell, James T. – Journal of College and University Law, 1999
Sketches the political context from which "Ex Corde Ecclesiae," the Papal constitution on higher education, emerged. Its most controversial provisions and the reaction in American Catholic academia are examined, norms currently under discussion are outlined, and a resolution of the issues dividing academics and the Catholic hierarchy is…
Descriptors: Catholic Educators, Church Related Colleges, College Administration, College Role
