establishment clause of the First Amendment

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/establishment_clause_of_the_First_Amendment
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:affects public schools
religious displays on public property
government funding of religion
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:government
state governments
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1791
gptkbp:enforcedBy federal courts
state courts
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label establishment clause of the First Amendment
gptkbp:interpretedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:legalDefinition separation of church and state
gptkbp:notableCase gptkb:Engel_v._Vitale
gptkb:Everson_v._Board_of_Education
gptkb:Lemon_v._Kurtzman
gptkb:Santa_Fe_Independent_School_District_v._Doe
gptkb:Wallace_v._Jaffree
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:purpose prohibit government establishment of religion
gptkbp:relatedTo free exercise clause
gptkbp:text Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Indian_Civil_Rights_Act_of_1968
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7