From: Bill Lucy 

In article , sdurrett{at}pacbell.net says...
> Bill -
>
> << The changes that have occurred have been brought about because of
> Supreme Court rulings beginning in 1948. >>
>
> Why 1948? I'd say 1925, Gitlow v. NY, a freedom of speech case, in which
> the due process clause of the 14th Amendment was for the first time (I
> believe) held to incorporate some portions of the Bill of Rights. And
> West Virginia v. Barnette (1943) was a mixed free speech / free exercise
> case, arising because Seventh Adventists refused to say the Pledge of
> Allegiance in school for religious reasons.

I was thinking specifically of McCollum v. Bd. of Education. That to me was
the seminal case, since it involved religious instruction during school
hours.

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