Peter N. Herndon
This teaching unit contains certain core concepts that relate to the topic, some of which students will be expected to fully comprehend and use. The following is a list of concepts and topics students should be familiar with after completing this unit:
First Amendment
Establishment Clause
Free Exercise Clause
Separation of Church and State
United States District Court
Ninth District Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Majority opinion
Concurring opinion
Dissenting opinion
Judicial restraint
Jurisdiction
Justices
Overturn/ Overrule
Reversal
atheist
agnostic
appellate court
accommodationist
separationist
verdict
lawsuit
plaintiff
legal standing
statute (federal and state)
"Lemon test"
"Endorsement test"
"Coercion test"
Religious Freedom Amendment (1998)
Secularism
