Aufsatz(gedruckt)#11992
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AS CONSTITUTIONAL LITIGANTS
In: Polity: the journal of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Band 25, Heft 2, S. 243-266
ISSN: 0032-3497
ORGANIZED RELIGION HAS PLAYED AN INCREASINGLY PROMINENT ROLE IN AMERICAN POLITICS OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES. ONE ASPECT OF THIS IS THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AS PARTIES IN CHURCH-STATE CASES BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT. ALTHOUGH RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BECOME MORE ACTIVE IN LOBBYING CONGRESS, LITIGATION REMAINS AN IMPORTANT WEAPON IN THEIR POLITICAL ARSENAL.