establishment clause
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A clause in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, stating Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.
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Alternative letter-case form of Establishment Clause.
Example Sentences
- "The Lemon test appears to compartmentalize the factors that are dispositive in establishment clause cases and hints at precision in both analysis and outcome."
- "This Article shows, for the first time, how the Supreme Court transformed the Establishment Clause by gradually developing a new justification for the separation of church and state: guaranteeing the political equality of religious minorities."
- "Ten years ago, Frank Buono, a retired employee of the National Park Service, objected to the cross, saying it violated the establishment clause."
- "The free-exercise clause tells us that that religion is especially favored and the establishment clause tells us that it is especially feared (the state should avoid entanglement with that stuff)."