Darwin’s Poisoned Tree: Atheistic Advocacy and the Constitutionality of Teaching Evolution in Public Schools

By Casey Luskin M.S., J.D., ESQ

Trinity Law Review Fall, 2015 Volume 21, Issue 1, Pp. 130-233

Published by Trinity Law School lawschool.tiu.edu

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