It is impossible to build sound constitutional doctrine upon a mistaken understanding of Constitutional history... The establishment clause has been expressly freighted with Jefferson's misleading metaphor for nearly forty years... There is simply no historical foundation for the proposition that the framers intended to build a wall of separation... The recent court decisions are in no way based on either the language or intent of the framers.
William RehnquistThe Constitution requires that Congress treat similarly situated persons similarly, not that it engages in gestures of superficial equality.
William RehnquistThe "wall of separation between church and State" is a metaphor based on bad history.
William Rehnquist