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Reynolds v. United States

US Supreme Court case establishing that secular laws apply even when they contradict religious practices

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Jan 28, 2026
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How have U.S. courts addressed legal challenges related to religious displays, school policy, and government endorsement of religion?

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US separation of church and state

The phrase "" in public life is a constitutional principle derived from the First Amendment’s Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses and a longer history of colonial disestablishmentism, but it is ne...

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church and state

’ approach to “church and state” is rooted in the First Amendment’s Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses and in decades of court rulings that have interpreted those clauses to mean government may n...

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