Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site denelvx.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!hao!denelcor!denelvx!neal From: neal@denelvx.UUCP (Neal Weidenhofer) Newsgroups: net.legal,net.religion,net.religion.jewish,net.politics Subject: Re: Re: Violation of separation church and state???? Message-ID: <37@denelvx.UUCP> Date: Sun, 26-May-85 15:00:18 EDT Article-I.D.: denelvx.37 Posted: Sun May 26 15:00:18 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 29-May-85 01:29:42 EDT References: <1192@opus.UUCP> <886@cae780.UUCP> <1632@aecom.UUCP> <608@spp2.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Denelcor, Aurora, Colorados Lines: 22 Xref: watmath net.legal:1740 net.religion:6963 net.religion.jewish:2019 net.politics:9103 ****************************************************************************** > > A basic principle of Constitutional law is that all powers which are > not explicitly granted to the Federal government are reserved to the > states. The Constitution is silent regarding powers of the states to > establish or regulate religion or religious activity. > > Jeff Hull {decvax,hplabs,ihnp4,scdrdcf,ucbvax} Not quite, the fourteenth amendment (I don't recall the wording) effectively extends the prohibitions upon the federal government--in particular the bill of rights--to the states. What you say was true before the civil war. Can anyone fill in more of the history of this interpretation of the fourteenth amendment? From reading it, I get the impresssion that its original concern was forcing the states to grant full rights of citizenship to blacks. Regards, Neal Weidenhofer "The law is for protection Denelcor, Inc. of the people" !denelcor!neal