Religious Institutions
Legal Analysis: Zubik petitioners may have pushed argument too far
By Jason Hines, PhD, JD - Prior to 1990, the Supreme Court’s standard in determining whether a law…
International
Message of Christ offers hope amidst month’s violence and persecution
March 2016 has been punctuated by violence. On March 4, a group of terrorists attacked a convent and…
Abortion / Contraception
Court avoids free exercise minefield of Washington pharmacy case
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case involving a Washington state requirement that all pharmacies…
Constitution
Why a candidate’s support for the free exercise clause matters
Whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump will do more to defend the Free Exercise Clause is an important…
Civil Rights
Op-Ed: Do Your Homework
By Jason Hines, Ph.D., J.D. - One of the unfortunate things about the discussion that occurs whenever a…
Church and State
Key California Assembly Committee scheduled to hear SB 1146
On August 3, 2016, the California Assembly Appropriations Committee is scheduled to consider a bill that religious groups…
Abortion / Contraception
Moot: Federal judge dismisses ACLU suit to force Catholic hospitals to provide abortion services
Federal court rules ACLU lacks standing to sue Catholic hospitals that refuse to provide abortion and contraceptive services
Politics
Vetting the Veeps: Pence and Kaine on Religious Liberty
This week, both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have chosen relatively centrist running mates who are not well…
International
Living in a World with Increasing Violent Insanity
During my junior and senior years in college, I worked the night shift at a large Massachusetts state…
Church and State
Trump’s troubling evasion of basic religious liberty questions
Donald Trump evades questions about whether employers should have right to discriminate on basis of religion and the…