Abstract
I. Introduction
II. Background ... A. The History of Diversion and Divertibility in Supreme Court Case Law ... 1. The Early Cases ... 2. The 1970s ... a. Diversion and Divertibility as Effect Prong Concerns ... b. Divertibility as an Entanglement Prong Concern ... 3. The 1980s and 1990s: Support Wanes ... 4. Agostini v. Felton … B. Mitchell v. Helms … 1. Factual Background ... 2. Procedural Background ... 3. The Plurality Opinion ... a. Scope of the Opinion and the Test to Be Applied ... b. Government Indoctrination ... c. Definition of Recipients by Religion ... d. Divertibility (and other considerations) in the Plurality Opinion ... 4. The Concurrence
III. Analysis ... A. Analysis of Precedent ... B. Analysis of Principle
IV. Conclusion
Recommended Citation
Joel Bacon,
Division over Diversion: Mitchell v. Helms, 530 U.S. 793 (2000),
80 Neb. L. Rev.
(2001)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol80/iss2/6