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Jamie Raskin: “Religious freedom in our country means two things. Our Framers rebelled against centuries of religious warfare... And…”

On the recordOctober 24, 2023
Religious freedom in our country means two things. Our Framers rebelled against centuries of religious warfare... And they came up, in our Constitution, with two parts of religious freedom: free exercise that every citizen has and, also, no establishment of religion.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin explains the foundational principles of religious freedom in the U.S. Constitution.

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