Jason Berggren, Ph.D., is an associate professor of political science at Georgia Southwestern State University. His teaching focuses on American politics, including the U.S. presidency, the U.S. Congress and legislative process, U.S. political parties, and religion and American politics. He has published many journal and newspaper articles on Jimmy Carter and his presidency.

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In God We Trust

Federal courts have consistently upheld "In God We Trust" as a national motto, which when on coins or elsewhere does not violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment.