{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep. 256 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Vincent Phillip Mu\u00f1oz | What Does &quot;The Separation of Church and State&quot; Really Mean?","description":"Did you know the phrase \u201cseparation of church and state\u201d does not appear in our Constitution?&amp;nbsp; The phrase was used by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to the Danbury Baptist Association in 1802.&amp;nbsp; The First Amendment does guarantee \u201cCongress shall make no law respecting an&amp;nbsp;establishment of religion, or prohibiting the&amp;nbsp;free exercise&amp;nbsp;thereof.\u201d&amp;nbsp; What was the intent of the founders in codifying this in the Constitution?&amp;nbsp; Did they intend to keep religion out of government or rather government out of religion?&amp;nbsp; To help us answer these questions and so many more, we are pleased to welcome Vincent Phillip Mu\u00f1oz, Tocqueville Professor of Political Science and Concurrent Associate Professor of Law at The University of Notre Dame, as our special guest this week. ","author_name":"Constitutional Chats Presented By Constituting America","author_url":"https:\/\/www.constitutingamerica.org","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/36694790\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/36694790"}