Honest to God, I am not picking a fight. This is a serious question for Constitution folks out there:
Does one part of the Constitution take precedence over another? That is, in this case, is there precedent for the first amendment’s freedom from a state religion clause take precedence over the “equal protection” clause?
I understand the arguments about the equal protection clause—that is not what I am asking. I am asking if there is a formal precedence of parts of the constitution?