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    1. Protestant Church schools or private schools

      I am confused. Does this law not also offer reimbursement opportunities for those attending private institutions other than catholic schools...such as schools for profit or schools of other religions?

    2. before theseschool authorities draw a check to reimburse for a student's fare, they must ask just that question,and, if the school is a Catholic one

      I struggle with why he thinks this question must be asked, when it doesn't have to be asked in the other scenarios he brings up. Why does it matter what the school is if the check is to blanketly support children's transportation to education? (just food for thought)

    3. to be sure thatwe do not inadvertently prohibit New Jersey from extending its general state law benefits to allits citizens without regard to their religious belief.

      I find the tension between not using laws to aid the practice of religion and making sure laws don't prevent or discourage this practice to be very interesting. It is like walking on a tight rope, where on either side there is a disregard to the 1st amendment in one way or the other.

    4. The imposition of taxes to pay ministers' salaries and to build andmaintain churches and church property aroused their indignation.

      I think it is interesting to think about how this "indignation" is connected to the feelings of indignation around the taxation without representation which led directly to the revolutionary war. When considering the historical context of the constitution it is important to keep in mind not just the thoughts and concerns of the framers, but also the ways that the historical context was effecting public opinion.

    5. it is not inappropriatebriefly to review the background and environment of the period in which that constitutionallanguage was fashioned and adopted.

      I think that the choice to reference and then proceed to examine the constitution through the eyes of the framers in the time it was written, here is very interesting. This reminds me of discussions we have had about the different ways justices can interpret the constitution and specifically the originalism interpretation, which has been common throughout judicial history.

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