Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1964
Publication Information
10 Cath Law. 178 (1964)
Abstract
The catholic, and especially the Catholic lawyer, ought to consider the school prayer matter in several aspects. One aspect is the problem of constitutionality. Another is the question of the practical benefit to be derived from the institutionalization of governmentally-sponsored religious observances. And a third is the problem of whether the long-term interest of the Church will be served by an amendment to overrule the United States Supreme Court's decisions. It will be profitable here to discuss the problems of constitutionality and practical benefit before proceeding to an inquiry as to whether the Catholic opponents of an amendment are, perhaps through an overconcentration upon the problem of federal aid to education, sowing the seeds of principles which, in their long-term effect, will rebound to the serious disadvantage of the Church in particular and religion in general.
Recommended Citation
Charles E. Rice,
Let Us Pray - An Amendment to the Constitution,
10 Cath Law. 178 (1964).
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https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/law_faculty_scholarship/73
Comments
Reprinted with permission of the Catholic Lawyer.