Illicit Legislative Motivation As a Sufficient Condition for Unconstitutionality Under the Establishment Clause—A Case for Consideration: The Utah Firing Squad

Authors

Martin R. Gardner, University of Nebraska

Publication Title

Washington University Law Quarterly

Abstract

This Article tests the thesis that the religious motivation of legislators, apart from the religious effects of their legislation, is sometimes a legally and philosophically sufficient basis for striking down legislation under the establishment clause.

Recommended Citation

Martin R. Gardner, Illicit Legislative Motivation As a Sufficient Condition for Unconstitutionality Under the Establishment Clause—A Case for Consideration: The Utah Firing Squad, 1979 Wash. U. L. Q. 435 (1979).
Available at: https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_lawreview/vol1979/iss2/7