Concerning contemporary cases about the establishment clause, the defining point in determining constitutionality in Van Orden v. Perry and McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky seems to be that of
secular versus religious purposes.
For nearly the first 100 years after the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Supreme Court interpreted the equal protection clause to
permit a system of segregated social facilities.
Answer:
The mother ditch, or main ditch or canal, leads water to the headgates, which control the main flow. Lateral ditches run perpendicular to the main ditch and bring water to the fields for field irrigation. A drain canal brings water back to the stream.
Explanation:
The Enlightenment thinkers changed peoples' beliefs of how government should work by talking of separation of powers and checks and balances.
D. Return of the republicans is your answer.