Author Question: In a 1947 decision, the Supreme Court allowed a New Jersey town to fund busing to a parochial school ... (Read 53 times)

AEWBW · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

In a 1947 decision, the Supreme Court allowed a New Jersey town to fund busing to a parochial school because

A) no alternative form of transportation existed.
B) enrollment at that school was open to all.
C) the resulting tax burden on the average citizen was negligible.
D) busing was religiously neutral.
E) there was no true case and controversy.

Question 2

The historical reference to a wall of separation between religion and the state can be found in

A) the Bill of Rights.
B) a series of debates in the First Congress.
C) the writings of Thomas Jefferson.
D) twentieth-century Supreme Court decisions.
E) the Federalist papers.