Assignment

1. Discuss the accommodationist approach and separationist approach as they relate to the textual meaning of the religious clauses in the First Amendment.

2. How will the U.S. government face Constitutional scrutiny under the Free Exercise Clause as it relates to the "War on Terror" and Muslim-American communities in the United States?

3. Describe how the case, Employment Division v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872, (1990) provides for religious freedoms as it relates to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).

4. Describe the two religious clauses found in the First Amendment.

5. Discuss James Madison's 1785 publication Memorial Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments as it relates to a 1784 General Assessment Bill proposed to the Virginia State Assembly.