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Cantwell v. Connecticut 310 U.S. 296

Cantwell v. Connecticut 310 U.S. 296

310 U.S. 296 | 1940-05-20

Cantwell v. Connecticut

310 U.S. 296

Cantwell v. Connecticut (No. 632)

Argued: March 29, 1940
Decided: May 20, 1940

126 Conn. 1; 8 A.2d 533, reversed.

Syllabus

1. The fundamental concept of liberty embodied in the Fourteenth Amendment embraces the liberties guaranteed by the First Amendment. P. 303.

2. The enactment by a State of any law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof is forbidden by the Fourteenth Amendment. P. 303.

3. Under the constitutional guaranty, freedom of conscience and of religious belief is absolute; although freedom to act in the exercise of religion is subject to regulation for the...