They did not support civil rights
Apply and interpret the constitution in legal cases
Compared to other monarchs in Europe, kings and queens in England before 1600 were more democratic eve that both Henry VIII and Elizabeth II tried to introduced the absolutism and suspend Magna carta, still their power was less absolutistic than in the other countries that started introduction of absolutism
<span>Because of the prohibition of the First Amendment against the enactment of any law "respecting an establishment of religion," which is made applicable to the States by the Fourteenth Amendment, state officials may not compose an official state prayer and require that it be recited in the public schools of the State at the beginning of each school day -- even if the prayer is denominationally neutral and pupils who wish to do so may remain silent or be excused from the room while the prayer is being recited. Pp. 422-436. </span>
