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In their own words, the Supreme Court has become "a national theology board," "a super board of education," and amateur psychologists on a "psycho-journey." The result has been a virtual rewriting of the liberties enumerated in the Constitution.
A direct victim of this judicial micromangement has been the religious aspect of the First Amendment. For example, the Court now interprets that Amendment under:
a "Lemon Test" absurdly requiring religious expression to be secular
an "Endorsement Test" pursuing an impossible neutrality between religion and secularism
and a "Psychological Coercion Test" allowing single dissenter to silence an entire community's religious expression.
Additional casualties of judicial activism have included protections for State's rights, local controls, separation of powers, legislative supremacy, and numerous other constitutional provisions. Why did earlier Courts protect these powers for generations, and what has caused their erosion by contemporary Courts?
Original Intent answers these questions. By relying on thousands of primary sources, Original Intent documents (in the Founding Father's own words) not only the plan for limited government originally set forth in the Constitution and Bill of Rights but how that vision can once again become reality.
No. of Pages: 534
ISBN: 1932225269
ISBN -13: 978193222526
Author: Barton, David
Cover Type: Paperback
Dimensions: 5.5"x8.5"
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