It does not apply to executive orders.
Set the tradition of separation of church and state, as well as the foundation for cultural and religious diversity in the United States
The effect of the passage of the jones Act on the Philippines was it franted them full independence and self government to the Philippines. The law was enacted in the sixty-fourth United States Congress on August 29,1916 which contained the full declaration of the Philippines' full independence.
If it’s in reference to the America’s then they were trying to evade Portuguese traders