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To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time this case opinion has been made available to the public on a non-subscription web site. The opinion is reproduced in its entirety as originally published in the Federal Reporter.
This article covers what some have called the "dirtiest election campaign ever held in America--the presidential election of 1800. Considering this is an election year it is quite timely, even more so since religion is playing such a large role in the current elections, just as it did in 1800. In this article you will find a couple of pamphlets that were published at that time that cannot be found anywhere else on the Internet that the general public has access to. The pamphlets are: Serious Considerations on the Election of a President: Addressed to the Citizens of the United States. Rev. William Linn, Rev. John Mitchell Mason (New York 1800) and A Vindication of Thomas Jefferson; Against the Charges Contained in a Pamphlet Entitled, "Serious Considerations on the Election of a President: Addressed to the Citizens of the United States" by Clinton, DeWitt, 1769-1828
These sites include many of the same cases that are listed on our "Important Establishment Clause cases" charts, but also add additional lower court cases as well as the Supreme Court cases.
Jim Spivey is Assistant Professor of Church History at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. A graduate of Auburn University (B.A.) Southwestern Seminary (M. Div.) and Oxford University (D. Phil.), he has served on the Southwestern faculty since 1987. He is a chaplain in the U.S. Army. His article -Separation No Myth- is a strong statement in favor of total separation of church and state, from a historical, religious, Baptist point of view. His article strongly endorses the traditional meaning given to Jefferson's "wall of separation" metaphor, and points out why those like David Barton are doing more harm then good.
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