A Judicial Postscript on the Church-State Debates of 1989: How Porous the Wall, How Civil the State?

Authors

William W. Van Alstyne, William & Mary Law School

Abstract

This work is a continuation of the debate regarding the Establishment Clause. The focus lies with Justice O’Connor’s concurrence in County of Allegheny v. ACLU and how this opinion harkens back to a concept shared by Jefferson and Madison, that the establishment clause is designed to prevent government favoritism.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Fall 1990

Publication Information

4 Notre Dame Journal of Legal Ethics and Public Policy 559-566 (1990)

Repository Citation

Van Alstyne, William W., "A Judicial Postscript on the Church-State Debates of 1989: How Porous the Wall, How Civil the State?" (1990). Faculty Publications. 749.
https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/facpubs/749