The Lemon Test just doubles down on the abstractions—and we would be better served to embrace a deeper originalism.
Francis J. Beckwith
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What accounts for the Supreme Court's shift away from the logic of the Lemon test?
Francis J. Beckwith is Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies, Affiliate Professor of Political Science, and Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy at Baylor University. He is the author of Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith (Cambridge University Press, 2015), winner of the American Academy of Religion’s 2016 Book Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in the category of Constructive-Reflective Studies.