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module 1 the establishment and Free Exercise Clause Asst overview in the United States the right to freely practice religion is considered central to ensuring liberty autonomy and self-determination freedom of religion is memorialized in the First Amendment to the Constitution which states that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof thus the First Amendment provides two constitutional safeguards that safeguard citizens rights to freely practice religion number one the Establishment Clause the part that says Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion and number two the Free Exercise Clause the part that says or prohibiting the free exercise thereof although the establishment and Free Exercise Clause is protects religious liberty they do so in different ways the Establishment Clause protects a negative right in that it prohibits the government from enacting laws or engaging in conduct that favors one religion over another or that favors religion over non-religion the Free Exercise Clause protects an affirmative right in that it provides citizens with the right to freely exercise their religious beliefs without fear of governmental sanction or reprisal together these clauses form the cornerstone of religious liberty in the United States and this module will review the historical basis upon which the establishment and Free Exercise Clause --is were predicated and examined the legal principles that the Supreme Court has established when determining if a law or government action violates either clause in subsequent modules will apply these legal standards to specific legal and factual contexts as a threshold matter although the Constitution protects the right to freely exercise religion through both the establishment and Free Exercise Clause 'as this right is not absolute for example in some circumstances the government may observe or acknowledge religious practices without violating the Establishment Clause or regulate religious practices without violating the Free Exercise Clause the critical question concerns when and under what circumstances a particular low or government action will violate either clause to answer this question we first have to consider the purposes underlying both clauses the Establishment Clause in its early jurisprudence the Supreme Court held that the purpose of the Establishment Clause was to ensure a wall of separation between church and state in subsequent cases however the court rejected the wall of separation principle because although the First Amendment reflects the philosophy that church and state should be separated it does not say that in every and all respects there shall be a separation of church and state the court instead adopted a standard that required the government to maintain a complete official neutrality toward religion as one scholar explains since the function of the Establishment Clause in our constitutional system is to promote complete official neutrality toward religion the constitutionality of any governmental action involving religion depends on whether or not that action is consistent with this overriding principle one commentator explains the official neutrality principle as follows because the Establishment Clause does not require...