The religious liberty guarantees of the First Amendment -- The Blaine Amendment -- The court defines free exercise: the Mormon cases -- The incorporation and definition of the religious liberty guarantees of the First Amendment -- The flag salute cases -- The court in search of a test for free exercise: the rise and fall of the secular regulation rule -- The court in search of a test for free exercise: "the more things change, the more they stay the same" -- Congress and free exercise: The Religious Freedom Restoration Act -- Released time meets "a high and impregnable wall" -- The bible reading controversy and the Supreme Court -- Prayer in public schools: again! -- The Lemon test: the three-pronged establishment test -- School vouchers: truly the last installment in the school aid melodrama? -- Religion in the public square.