The US National Archives' official transcript of the Bill of Rights, ratified 1791. Read here for the First Amendment's Establishment Clause, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion", the constitutional basis courts have read since Everson v. Board of Education (1947) as barring direct government funding of religious institutions.
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Citation
AuthorUnited States Congress, First Congress
PublisherUS National Archives and Records Administration
URLhttps://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights-transcript
Source Typeprimary source / official record
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Reliability Tier1
Tier 1: the National Archives' own transcript of the ratified 1791 text, read for the First Amendment's Establishment Clause, the constitutional basis for the absence of any federal religious funding mechanism. Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)
This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
- Countries, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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