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Judges and Judiciary

Nov. 18, 2004

Separation of Church and State May Not Hold Under Bush

Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - When constitutional historians look back at the Rehnquist court, they will say that it dramatically changed the law concerning the religion clauses in the First Amendment. During the tenure of William Rehnquist as chief justice, the court greatly narrowed the protections of both the free exercise clause and the establishment clause of the First Amendment.

Erwin Chemerinsky

Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law UC Berkeley School of Law

Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).

Forum Column

By Erwin Chemerinsky
        
        When constitutional historians look back at the Rehnquist court, they will say that it d...

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