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... For the first 150 years of the Republic, religious rights lay with the states, until the landmark case of Cantwell vs. Connecticut. ... This was the case until the landmark case of Cantwell vs. Connecticut.
In Cantwell vs. Connecticut, Newton Cantwell and his 2 sons, Jessie and Russell were members of the Jehovah Witness. ... If the homeowners did not want to hear the phonograph and ask the Cantwell’s to leave, they did so. ... The Cantwell’s were arrested and charged with “a state law forbidding the unlicensed soliciting of funds on the representation that they were for religious or charitable purposes, and the common law for inciting a breach of the peace” () After the trial they were convicted on these charges. ... In Cantwell versus the State, the supreme court stated that giving a government official and unbridled discretion in deciding what causes are religious and what ones may be fraud violated the free-exercise clause. ...
Cantwell opened the door to federal litigation over religion-clause claims against the states, and most of the religion-clause cases decided by the Supreme Court since 1940 have involved such claims.
Approximate Word count = 1121
Approximate Pages = 4.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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