Establishment Clause

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constitutional clause provision of the First Amendment

The Establishment Clause is the provision of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits the government from establishing an official religion or favoring one religion over others.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Establishment Clause canonical	29
Establishment Clause of the First Amendment	14
Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution	3
First Amendment Establishment Clause	2
Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution	1
Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution	1
The Establishment Clause is not violated by sending public employees into religious schools to provide neutral, secular aid under appropriate safeguards	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T61130 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Establishment Clause
Context triple: [Free Exercise Clause, contrastedWith, Establishment Clause]

A. Free Exercise Clause
The Free Exercise Clause is a provision of the U.S. Constitution that protects individuals’ rights to practice their religion without undue government interference.
B. Full Faith and Credit Clause
The Full Faith and Credit Clause is a provision of the U.S. Constitution that requires states to recognize and honor the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of other states.
C. Supremacy Clause
The Supremacy Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that establishes federal law and the Constitution as the highest law of the land, overriding conflicting state laws.
D. Necessary and Proper Clause
The Necessary and Proper Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that grants Congress the authority to enact laws needed to execute its enumerated powers, forming the basis for implied federal powers.
E. Privileges and Immunities Clause
The Privileges and Immunities Clause is a constitutional provision that prevents states from discriminating against citizens of other states in fundamental rights such as access to courts, property, and employment.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Establishment Clause
Target entity description: The Establishment Clause is the provision of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits the government from establishing an official religion or favoring one religion over others.

A. Free Exercise Clause
The Free Exercise Clause is a provision of the U.S. Constitution that protects individuals’ rights to practice their religion without undue government interference.
B. Full Faith and Credit Clause
The Full Faith and Credit Clause is a provision of the U.S. Constitution that requires states to recognize and honor the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of other states.
C. Supremacy Clause
The Supremacy Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that establishes federal law and the Constitution as the highest law of the land, overriding conflicting state laws.
D. Necessary and Proper Clause
The Necessary and Proper Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that grants Congress the authority to enact laws needed to execute its enumerated powers, forming the basis for implied federal powers.
E. Privileges and Immunities Clause
The Privileges and Immunities Clause is a constitutional provision that prevents states from discriminating against citizens of other states in fundamental rights such as access to courts, property, and employment.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional clause ⓘ provision of the First Amendment ⓘ
adoptedOn	1791-12-15 ⓘ
aimsToProtect	freedom of conscience ⓘ religious liberty ⓘ religious pluralism ⓘ
appliedThrough	Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
appliesTo	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States local governments in the United States ⓘ state governments of the United States ⓘ
associatedTest	Lemon test ⓘ coercion test ⓘ endorsement test ⓘ
category	Freedom of religion in the United States ⓘ United States constitutional provisions ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
effectiveSince	1791 ⓘ
foundInDocument	Bill of Rights ⓘ surface form: United States Bill of Rights United States Constitution ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
historicalInfluence	Virginia Declaration of Rights ⓘ surface form: Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom views of James Madison ⓘ views of Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
incorporatedAgainst	the states ⓘ
incorporatedByCase	Everson v. Board of Education ⓘ
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
keyCase	County of Allegheny v. ACLU ⓘ Engel v. Vitale ⓘ Everson v. Board of Education ⓘ Lee v. Weisman ⓘ Lemon v. Kurtzman ⓘ Lynch v. Donnelly ⓘ County of Allegheny v. ACLU ⓘ surface form: McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe ⓘ Town of Greece v. Galloway ⓘ Van Orden v. Perry ⓘ Zelman v. Simmons-Harris ⓘ
legalField	church–state relations ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
partOf	First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
prohibits	coercive government participation in religious activities ⓘ establishment of an official religion by the government ⓘ government endorsement of religion ⓘ government preference for one religion over another ⓘ government preference for religion over nonreligion ⓘ laws with the primary effect of advancing religion ⓘ laws with the primary purpose of advancing religion ⓘ
relatedTo	First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: First Amendment Free Exercise Clause ⓘ separation of church and state ⓘ
text	Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (51)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Free Exercise Clause → contrastedWith → Establishment Clause ⓘ

First Amendment to the United States Constitution → containsClause → Establishment Clause ⓘ

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom → influenced → Establishment Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution

County of Allegheny v. ACLU → constitutionalClause → Establishment Clause ⓘ

Lemon test → appliesTo → Establishment Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution

Engel v. Vitale → constitutionalProvision → Establishment Clause ⓘ

Lemon v. Kurtzman → legalIssue → Establishment Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Establishment Clause of the First Amendment

Everson v. Board of Education → involvesClause → Establishment Clause ⓘ

Everson v. Board of Education → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Establishment Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Amendment Establishment Clause

Lynch v. Donnelly → appliesTo → Establishment Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution

Lee v. Weisman → constitutionalProvision → Establishment Clause ⓘ

Zelman v. Simmons-Harris → constitutionalProvision → Establishment Clause ⓘ

Town of Greece v. Galloway → legalIssue → Establishment Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Establishment Clause of the First Amendment

Town of Greece v. Galloway → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Establishment Clause ⓘ

Van Orden v. Perry → legalIssue → Establishment Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Establishment Clause of the First Amendment

Van Orden v. Perry → challengedUnder → Establishment Clause ⓘ

Van Orden v. Perry → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Establishment Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Amendment Establishment Clause

Cutter v. Wilkinson → concernsTopic → Establishment Clause ⓘ

Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe → legalIssue → Establishment Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Establishment Clause of the First Amendment

Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Establishment Clause ⓘ

No Religious Test Clause → relatedTo → Establishment Clause ⓘ

McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky → constitutionalProvision → Establishment Clause ⓘ

Edwards v. Aguillard → hasLegalIssue → Establishment Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Establishment Clause of the First Amendment

Edwards v. Aguillard → citesConstitutionalProvision → Establishment Clause ⓘ

Agostini v. Felton → legalSubject → Establishment Clause ⓘ

Agostini v. Felton → holding → Establishment Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Establishment Clause is not violated by sending public employees into religious schools to provide neutral, secular aid under appropriate safeguards

Agostini v. Felton → clauseInterpreted → Establishment Clause ⓘ

Abington School District v. Schempp → legalSubject → Establishment Clause ⓘ

Abington School District v. Schempp → constitutionalProvision → Establishment Clause ⓘ

Dennis Lynch, Mayor of Pawtucket, Rhode Island → legalSubject → Establishment Clause ⓘ

subject surface form: Lynch v. Donnelly

this entity surface form: Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution

Daniel Donnelly et al. → constitutionalProvisionInvoked → Establishment Clause ⓘ

Robert E. Lee, Individually and as Principal of Nathan Bishop Middle School, et al. v. Daniel Weisman, et al. → constitutionalProvision → Establishment Clause ⓘ

Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District → legalIssue → Establishment Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Establishment Clause of the First Amendment

Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District → constitutionalProvision → Establishment Clause ⓘ

Epperson v. Arkansas → constitutionalProvision → Establishment Clause ⓘ

Wallace v. Jaffree → constitutionalProvision → Establishment Clause ⓘ

Steven I. Engel → associatedWithLegalDoctrine → Establishment Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Establishment Clause of the First Amendment

Steven I. Engel → legalSubject → Establishment Clause ⓘ

subject surface form: Engel v. Vitale

William J. Vitale Jr. → legalCaseSubject → Establishment Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Establishment Clause of the First Amendment

Cutter → legalContext → Establishment Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Establishment Clause of the First Amendment

David H. Kurtzman → legalSubject → Establishment Clause ⓘ

subject surface form: Lemon v. Kurtzman

David H. Kurtzman → appliesTo → Establishment Clause ⓘ

subject surface form: Lemon test

Santa Fe Independent School District → legalIssue → Establishment Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Establishment Clause of the First Amendment

Doe → caseIssue → Establishment Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Establishment Clause of the First Amendment

Ohio Pilot Project Scholarship Program → legalIssue → Establishment Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Marsh v. Chambers → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Establishment Clause ⓘ

Law and religion in the United States → governedBy → Establishment Clause ⓘ

Susan Galloway → legalSubject → Establishment Clause ⓘ

subject surface form: Town of Greece v. Galloway

Daniel Weisman → legalIssueInvolved → Establishment Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Establishment Clause of the First Amendment

Arch R. Everson → legalClaimBasis → Establishment Clause ⓘ

this entity surface form: Establishment Clause of the First Amendment

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Referenced by (51)

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