Gov 2301
Ronald L. Wade
Government 2302
Spring 2009
This document should be utilized as preliminary research for use in your paper presentation based on the Fictional Supreme Court case entitled The City of Knerr, the State of Olympus and Samantha Sommerman, Parks director, Petitioners v. Reverend William DeNolf, Respondent
The following table represents the Supreme Court cases that may support a position in the above described fictional case.
United States Constitution First Amendment (1791)
Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridge the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people to peacefully assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The assignment is laid out to elicit your position with regard to two specific elements of the U. S. Constitution.
(1) Whether granting the permit would create a violation of the establishment clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution; and, (2) Whether the denial of the permit was a violation of the free speech and free exercise clauses of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution
NOTES ON USE (Suggestions)
The two center columns represent my opinion on the usefulness of the cases. It is based solely on the research that I did and the conclusions that I came to when preparing to write the paper that you are about to undertake.
To use the links requires a (Hold down the control key and left click) 1. For the most part this document utilizes the OYEZ.Org web site for both the abstract that has been included in this document as well as the link to the original. 2. Each case citation (left column) is hyper-linked to a section in this document that provides you with a quick overview of the case without the necessity of connecting to the internet. 3. Each case citation has a second link (right column) is hyper-linked to the internet source[s] that I
Government 2302
Spring 2009
This document should be utilized as preliminary research for use in your paper presentation based on the Fictional Supreme Court case entitled The City of Knerr, the State of Olympus and Samantha Sommerman, Parks director, Petitioners v. Reverend William DeNolf, Respondent
The following table represents the Supreme Court cases that may support a position in the above described fictional case.
United States Constitution First Amendment (1791)
Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridge the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people to peacefully assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The assignment is laid out to elicit your position with regard to two specific elements of the U. S. Constitution.
(1) Whether granting the permit would create a violation of the establishment clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution; and, (2) Whether the denial of the permit was a violation of the free speech and free exercise clauses of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution
NOTES ON USE (Suggestions)
The two center columns represent my opinion on the usefulness of the cases. It is based solely on the research that I did and the conclusions that I came to when preparing to write the paper that you are about to undertake.
To use the links requires a (Hold down the control key and left click) 1. For the most part this document utilizes the OYEZ.Org web site for both the abstract that has been included in this document as well as the link to the original. 2. Each case citation (left column) is hyper-linked to a section in this document that provides you with a quick overview of the case without the necessity of connecting to the internet. 3. Each case citation has a second link (right column) is hyper-linked to the internet source[s] that I