There is a free exercise clause as well as an establishment clause in the First Amendment.
According to one analysis of the case, the court analysis described the First Amendment's free exercise clause and establishment clause as separate issues.
Proponents of funding for parochial schools argue that such an exclusion would violate the free exercise clause.
Together, the "free exercise clause" and "establishment clause" are considered to accomplish a "separation of church and state."
Scalia also recognizes that a line must be drawn between the establishment clause and the free exercise clause but sees more room between them.
He argues that just because a law is not necessary for the free exercise clause does not mean that it is unconstitutional on establishment grounds.
It held the free exercise clause entitled the fundamentalist children to an exemption from what the state was able to continue doing.
Should we look to France to tell us what the free exercise clause means, for example?
The free exercise clause guarantees the free exercise of religion.
In a controversial 1990 decision, the Supreme Court gutted the free exercise clause of the First Amendment.
