The new doctrine allows symbolic establishment while only banning legal coercion

Evidence

The only restriction—which turns out to be not much of a restriction at all—is that you can’t force other people to kneel by law. You can just send them a very clear message that the people with power, and those who hope to remain in their favor, all happen to belong to the “correct” religion. — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 842

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Courts redefined establishment harm as legal coercion only, ignoring social pressure — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 840; Legal prohibition without religious-institutional embedding remains only nominal — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 8206; Doctrine alone does not change behavior without enforcement and transmission — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 4011 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Religious liberty doctrine now licenses minority-led establishment of the dominant religion #corroborates (0.85) — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 842
• Religious establishment was legally redefined as private individual speech #exemplifies (0.85) — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 839
• Legal prohibition without religious-institutional embedding remains only nominal #expands (0.80) — , The Rod and the Child, 8206
• Law operates through coercion in every state including secular ones #complicates (0.80) — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 1234
• Doctrine alone does not change behavior without enforcement and transmission #qualifies (0.75) — , The Rod and the Child, 4011