Topic #6191

6 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 56 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Everson v. Board of Ed. of Ewing.

#	Case	Flag	Canonical passage	Citers
1	Everson v. Board of Ed. of Ewing Anchor scotus · 1947	green	“no tax in any amount, large or small, can be levied to support any religious activities or institutions, whatever they may be called, or whatever form they may adopt to teach or practice religion.”	23
2	Hunt v. McNair scotus · 1973	green	“aid normally may be thought to have a primary effect of advancing religion when it flows to an institution in which religion is so pervasive that a substantial portion of its functions are subsumed in the religious mission or when it funds a specifically religious activity in an…”	9
3	Roemer v. Board of Public Works of Md. scotus · 1976	green	“religious institutions need not be quarantined from public benefits that are neutrally available to all.”	8
4	Hunt v. McNair scotus · 1973	green	“when it flows to an institution in which religion is so pervasive that a substantial portion of its functions are subsumed in the religious mission,”	7
5	Larkin v. Grendel's Den, Inc. scotus · 1982	green	“the framers did not set up a system of government in which important, discretionary governmental powers would be delegated to or shared with religious institutions.”	5
6	Hunt v. McNair scotus · 1973	green	“so pervasive that a substantial portion of its functions are subsumed in the religious mission.”	4

A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.

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Topic #6191