TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barton,David
TI  - Original intent: the courts, the Constitution & religion 
SN  - 0925279501
AV  - KF 4552 .B37 2000
U1  - 342.73 22
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Aledo, TX
PB  - WallBuilder Press
KW  - United States
KW  - Supreme Court
KW  - Constitution
KW  - 1st Amendment
KW  - Constitution (United States)
KW  - Constitutional history
KW  - Sources
KW  - Constitutional law
KW  - Freedom of religion
KW  - History
KW  - Religion and state
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -