<answer>Jefferson</answer>'s metaphor of a wall of separation has been cited repeatedly by the U.S. Supreme Court. In Reynolds v. United States (1879) the Court wrote that <answer>Jefferson</answer>'s comments "may be accepted almost as an authoritative declaration of the scope and effect of the [First] Amendment." In Everson v. Board of Education (1947), Justice Hugo Black wrote: "In the words of Thomas <answer>Jefferson</answer>, the clause against establishment of religion by law was intended to erect a wall of separation between church and state."
Who made a metaphor about a wall of separation?
Jefferson