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9780807044254

The Court and the Cross The Religious Right's Crusade to Reshape the Supreme Court

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    9780807044254

  • ISBN10:

    0807044253

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-06-01
  • Publisher: Beacon Press
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Summary

This timely book details the Religious Right's unrelenting efforts to destroythe wall separating church and state and, ultimately, to do nothing less thandeclare the United States a Christian nation.

Author Biography

A graduate of Boston College Law School, Frederick S. Lane is a freelance journalist, lecturer, and expert witness. He has written three previous books on how legal issues affect society, including most recently The Decency Wars. He lives with his family in Burlington, Vermont.

Table of Contents

Introduction: "God Wants Me to Be President"p. ix
Judicial Review: Putting the "Supreme" in Supreme Courtp. 1
"In God We Trust": The Push to Declare America a Christian Nationp. 25
God's Farm Team: The Growing Evangelical Education Systemp. 49
Advice and Consent: The Cross-Examination of Supreme Court Nomineesp. 73
The First Freedom: Separation of Church and Statep. 103
Roy's Rock: The Battle over Public Display of Religious Symbolsp. 127
Of Pandas and Prayer: Religion in the Public Schoolsp. 151
Cubicle Faith: Religion in the Workplacep. 173
The Last Freedom: The Right to Privacyp. 205
The Culture of Life: Three Pyrrhic Victories for the Religious Rightp. 229
Conclusion: Requiem for a Court?p. 253
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