My Country – A Religious Test for Public Office The Constitution provides that “no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification for any office or public trust under the United States.” But Justice Douglas notes that in 1776, many states had religious tests. Pre-Constitution Religious Test The Pennsylvania Constitution required each legislator to …
My Country – The Establishment Clause On March 8, 1948, McCollum v. Board of Education held that the use of public school facilities by religious organizations to give religious instruction to school children violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. What is the Establishment Clause? Our country has had many arguments about the separation of …