Title
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2008
Keywords
Establishment clause, Free exercise of religion
Disciplines
Constitutional Law | First Amendment | Religion Law
Abstract
This Article considers whether government may single out religious actors and entities for exclusion from its support programs. The problem of selective exclusion has recently sparked interest in lower courts and in informal discussions among scholars, but the literature has not kept pace. Excluding Religion argues that government generally ought to be able to select religious actors and entities for omission from support without offending the Constitution. At the same time, the Article carefully circumscribes that power by delineating several limits. It concludes by drawing out some implications for the question of whether and how a constitutional democracy ought to be able to influence private choices concerning matters of conscience.
Recommended Citation
Tebbe, Nelson, "Excluding Religion," 156 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1263 (2008)
Comments
This article predates the author's affiliation with Cornell Law School.