Author Question: Explain the three tests used by the Court to interpret and apply the Establishment Clause. What ... (Read 40 times)

Capo · **on:** Aug 3, 2018

Explain the three tests used by the Court to interpret and apply the Establishment Clause.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Which U.S. Supreme Court case adopted the undue burden standard for abortion case?

A) Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania v. Casey
B) Roe v. Wade
C) Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
D) Gonzalez v. Carhart

ms_sulzle · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 3, 2018

Answer to Question 1

The three tests or standards used by the Court to interpret and apply the Establishment Clause are: 1. the Lemon test, which requires the government to refrain from policies that: a. have the purpose of advancing or inhibiting religion, b. have the primary effect of advancing or inhibiting religion, and/or c. results in an excessive entanglement between religion and government; 2. the endorsement test provides that government may not take action that makes it appears as though it is endorsing a particular faith; and 3. the coercion test maintains that government may not take act that may tend to coerce individuals into participating in religious activity.

Answer to Question 2

A