WHEN THE FIRST religion case came before the Court in 1815, the justices referred to the Founding Fathers not for constitutional guidance but merely on a legal point, finding that a postrevolutionary Virginia statute had revoked all colonial land grants made to the Anglican Church and placed them under the state, which had then properly and legally sold some of the land to particular congregations.
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Supreme Court and Religion in American Life, Vol. 2: From Higher Law to Sectarian Scruples
2009, Princeton University Press
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Supreme Court and Religion in American Life Vol. 2: From Higher Law to Sectarian Scruples
2009, Princeton University Press
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The Supreme Court and Religion in American Life, Vol. 2: From "Higher Law" to "Sectarian Scruples" (New Forum Books)
July 19, 2004, Princeton University Press
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"WHEN THE FIRST religion case came before the Court in 1815, the justices referred to the Founding Fathers not for constitutional guidance but merely on a legal point, finding that a postrevolutionary Virginia statute had revoked all colonial land grants made to the Anglican Church and placed them under the state, which had then properly and legally sold some of the land to particular congregations."
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