About This Lesson
In this session, professor Kurt Lash, E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Chair in Law at the University of Richmond School of Law, joins National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen to examine the historical context and the drafting of the First Amendment’s free exercise and establishment clauses. Examine the protections enshrined in the First Amendment’s religion clauses. Plus, explore the Interactive Constitution to study the religion clauses’ text and history, and how the Supreme Court has interpreted them over time. Finally, Professor Lash and Rosen compare and contrast the questions, opinions, and dissents in a series of Supreme Court cases to define when the free exercise and establishment clauses do and do not limit government action.
