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Urofsky, Melvin I. – OAH Magazine of History, 1990
Observes the U.S. Supreme Court rulings on religion have been fairly consistent, but controversies arise from judicial interpretations of the Constitution's religious clauses. Traces history and development of major court decisions and religious issue rulings for both the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses. States religion in public schools…
Descriptors: Constitutional History, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction