James Madison's Principle of Religious Liberty

@article{Muoz2003JamesMP,
  title={James Madison's Principle of Religious Liberty},
  author={Vincent Phillip Mu{\~n}oz},
  journal={American Political Science Review},
  year={2003},
  volume={97},
  pages={17-32}
}
  • Vincent Phillip Muñoz
  • Published 2003
  • Sociology
  • American Political Science Review
    • Although James Madison has been invoked by justices and judicial scholars for over one hundred years, Madison's principle of religious liberty has never been fully grasped or adopted by the Supreme Court. Judges and scholars have failed to understand Madison's radical but simple teaching that religion is not part of the social compact and, therefore, that the state may not take religion within its cognizance. This is most unfortunate because Madison offers a doctrine capable of unifying the… CONTINUE READING
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