02623cam a2200553Ia 4500 271281 271281 ocn167255510 OCoLC 20180516133009.0 040624s2002 txu b 001 0 eng d 96137814 0925279501 (pbk.) 9780925279507 (pbk.) 0925279757 (hardbk.) 9780925279750 (hardbk.) 9781932225266 1932225269 (OCoLC)167255510 PUCPR eng ZF3 cicg KF 4552 .B37 2000 342.73 22 Barton, David, 1954- Original intent : the courts, the Constitution & religion / David Barton. 3rd ed. Aledo, TX : WallBuilder Press, 2002. 534 pages ; 22 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-513) and index. Religion and the courts -- Religion and the Constitution -- The misleading metaphor -- The judicial evidence -- The historical evidence -- The religious nature of the founding fathers -- Safeguarding original intent -- Rewriting original intent -- Ignoring original intent -- The court's selective use of history -- Establishing the American philosophy of government -- A changing standard : toward a new constitution? -- A constitution in a state of flux -- Identifying the spirit of the Constitution -- Maintaining constitutional integrity -- Revisionism : a willing accomplice -- Religion and morality : the indispensable supports -- Returning to original intent. Reveals how the United States Supreme Court has reinterpreted the Constitution, diluting the principles upon which it was based. Allows the Founding Fathers to speak for themselves by relying on thousands of primary sources. United States. Supreme Court. United States. Constitution. 1st Amendment. United States. Supreme Court. Constitution (United States) Constitutional history United States Sources. Constitutional law United States. Freedom of religion United States History. Religion and state United States History. Constitutional history. Constitutional law. Freedom of religion. Religion and state. United States. History. Sources. lcc 6 0 0 lcc 0 0 7 7 4 2018-05-16 Donación 0.00 0 KF 4552 .B37 2000 70000000903068 2018-05-16 00:00:00 2018-05-16 6