Washington — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a federal law that prohibits high schools from discriminating against student religious groups violates the First Amendment's ban on state establishment of religion. (edweek.org)
Greenawalt notes, «This approach was dubious from a historical point of view, given that the amendment actually protected existing state establishments at the time from federal interference.» (educationnext.org)
The church - state establishment in medieval Europe used extrinsic motivation to enforce many good laws as well as to require assent, among other things, to one concept of questionable validity, namely, that the earth is the center of the universe. (religion-online.org)