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The Case–Church Amendment was proposed, as an amendment to several appropriations bills funding various departments of the United States Government, in 1972 and 1973.The first version actually to become law, passed by both houses of the Congress on June 29, 1973, and signed by President Richard Nixon on July 1, read: "None of the funds herein appropriated under this Act may be expended to ...
Congress and the President then agreed to the compromise Case–Church Amendment, which would end all bombing on August 15, 1973. Brooklyn Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman voted against the compromise, then sued Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger to immediately stop the bombings. [5]
The case was based upon a dispute regarding the Walnut Street Presbyterian Church in Louisville, Kentucky (also known as the Third Presbyterian Church). [3] [2] Because the Walnut Street Presbyterian Church had a clear internal authority structure, the court granted control of the property to that group, even though it was only supported by a minority of the congregation.
Ludlow Amendment: 1970 Vietnam; McGovern–Hatfield Amendment: 1970 Southeast Asia; Cooper–Church Amendment: 1971 Vietnam; Repeal of Tonkin Gulf Resolution: 1973 Southeast Asia; Case–Church Amendment: 1973; War Powers Resolution: 1974; Hughes–Ryan Amendment: 1976 Angola; Clark Amendment: 1982 Nicaragua; Boland Amendment: 2007 Iraq; House ...
Kedroff v. St. Nicholas Cathedral of Russian Orthodox Church in North America, 344 U.S. 94 (1952) Kreshik v. St. Nicholas Cathedral, 363 U.S. 190 (1960) Presbyterian Church v. Hull Church, 393 U.S. 440 (1969) Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese for the United States of America & Canada v. Milivojevich, 426 U.S. 696 (1976) Jones v. Wolf, 443 U.S ...
As millions of Christians plan to sit out the election, church leaders face tough choices about how to inspire their congregations without violating the law. The Religious Vote Is Waning—And ...
First, we believe in the separation of church and state. As students of religious history, we recognize immense harm has been done in the world when the church aligns itself too closely with ...
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