State Churches? Justice Clarence Thomas Hears the Call (from 2014)

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https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/572/12-696/concur5.html

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

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No. 12–696

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TOWN OF GREECE, NEW YORK, PETITIONER v.SUSAN GALLOWAY et al.

on writ of certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the second circuit

[May 5, 2014]

Justice Thomas, with whom Justice Scalia joins asto Part II, concurring in part and concurring in thejudgment.

Except for Part II–B, I join the opinion of the Court, which faithfully applies Marsh v. Chambers, 463 U. S. 783 (1983) . I write separately to reiterate my view that the Establishment Clause is “best understood as a federalism provision,” Elk Grove Unified School Dist. v. Newdow, 542 U. S. 1, 50 (2004) (Thomas, J., concurring in judgment), and to state my understanding of the proper “coercion” analysis.

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