ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE


Meaning of ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE in English

or establishment-of-religion clause

Clause in the 1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution forbidding Congress from establishing a state religion.

It prevents the passage of any law that gives preference to or forces belief in any one religion. It is paired with a clause that prohibits limiting the free expression of religion.

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