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Church Schools and the First Amendment
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Item Title Church Schools and the First Amendment
Guest Lowenstein, Allard K.
Guest Pfeffer, Leo
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Date CreatedAugust 02, 1976
Description

The Supreme Court had just ruled that Maryland's law permitting some subsidies to church-related schools was constitutional. WFB engages Mr. Pfeffer, a leading litigator on the separationist side of church-state cases, on the fairness of tax exemptions for religious institutions, and Mr. Lowenstein makes the case in favor of parents' freedom to choose where to school their children. AL: "It's a strange policy doctrine that says it's healthy to have a multiplicity of options for students in college, but that we should enforce conformity at the primary and secondary levels." ... LP: "Any effort on the part of government to interfere with the full freedom of religious institutions in pursuit of their sacred mission would be just as much a violation of the Constitution as any effort of the government to promote, through financial grant, that same mission."

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Place RecordedNew York City, New York, United States
DimensionsDuration: 60 minutes
FormatText
Medium television programs
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Color
color
Soundtrack
sound
Hoover IDProgram S0241
Record Number80040.483
NotesVideo available through special order.
RightsCopyright held by Stanford University. This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the Hoover Institution Library & Archives on behalf of Stanford University.

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