James Madison, who was to become the fourth president of the ... In 1787, Jefferson, who was Madison’s principle mentor and ally on church/state separation, wrote, “It does me no injury for my ...

The crux of Jefferson’s letter is his explanation that the First Amendment “thus builds a wall of separation between church ...

and numerous executive departments such as Treasury and State. And the judicial branch interpreted the laws through a Supreme Court and other lower courts. In the words of James Madison ...

(WVUE) - Attorneys for the ACLU and Americans United for Separation of Church and State spent Monday ... who testified that ...