A clause for confusion? The much-debated meaning of the First Amendment's establishment clause. What exactly did our colonial forebears have in mind when they forbade laws "respecting an establishment of religion"?

And why have we been arguing about it ever since?

We take a tour through American history and Supreme Court jurisprudence with First Amendment scholar and author Charles Haynes.

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Show Notes:

Freedom Forum website: https://www.freedomforum.org

Background on the establishment clause: https://www.freedomforum.org/the-establishment-clause/

News story on recent Supreme Court establishment clause decisions: https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2022/07/17/supreme-court-church-state-religion-coach/