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The Jehovah's Witnesses and Their Plan to Expand First Amendment Freedoms.

Discusses the success of Jehovah's Witnesses court cases in expanding the issues covered by the First Amendment to the constitutional law in the U.S. Background of the court cases of the religious group; Factors that contributed to the decision of the group to file a lawsuit against their persecuto...

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Published in:Journal of Church & State Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 811 - 833
Main Author: Henderson, Jennifer Jacobs
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Autumn2004
Subjects:
Constitutional law cases
Jehovah's Witnesses
Church & state
Religion & state
Religious institutions
United States
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:Discusses the success of Jehovah's Witnesses court cases in expanding the issues covered by the First Amendment to the constitutional law in the U.S. Background of the court cases of the religious group; Factors that contributed to the decision of the group to file a lawsuit against their persecutors; Preparations taken by the members of Jehovah's Witnesses for the litigations.