My Country – Watson v. Jones As Justice Douglas continues moving us through the choppy water of the history of church and state, he stopped in Louisville. But first, he notes another historical story where the state inferred with the church. Otto von Bismarck expelled Jesuits and purged Catholics who did not approve of his programs. …
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 …