That a government action violates the Establishment Clause of the United States' constitution if it lacks a secular purpose, has its primary effect as promoting or inhibiting religion, or fosters an excessive entanglement of government with religion.
Used to assess whether a law violates the Establishment Clause. The "Establishment Clause" was intended to prevent any governmental endorsement or support of religion.
The question is incomplete. This is the complete question:
The state trial court in Nevada has issued a decision in which a party has been found guilty of fraud. Should a case arise in the future with the same basic fact situation, Nevada courts will be bound by precedent to follow the reasoning and decision of this prior decision.
Answer:
No, should a case arise in the future with the same basic fact situation, Nevada state trial courts will not be bound by precedent to follow the reasoning and decision of this prior decision, because the decisions of trial courts do not use precedents or rulings established in previous legal cases to arrive at decisions on future disputes involving different or entirely new parties.
One theory is that class influences the development of deviant identity, the sense that one does not conform to or follow accepted norms of society. People with deviant identities understand or define themselves as deviant and then engage in deviant behavior to fit this sense of identity.
