COVID-19
Why Churches are Fighting Shutdown Orders
Five months into the pandemic shut-down, Los Angeles County is asking for the courts to find that Grace…
Current Events
In Human Hands
When President Bush introduced his nominee for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Roberts to the nation…
Church and State
Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty – Supreme Court to Hear Religious Hiring Case
This case involving the ministerial exemotion from employment discrimination statutes could have huge implications for churches and denominations.
Church and State
7th Circuit Rules Challengers to Ministerial Housing Exemption Lacked Standing
On November 13, 2014, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an atheist group challenging a tax-exempt…
Legal Issues
Reforming the Bench: Noble Intentions, Constitutional Quandaries
Setting aside the wisdom of reinventing the Supreme Court, the political feasibility of enacting these reforms is dubious.
Constitution
Supremacy Clause Prevents States from Ignoring Supreme Court Decisions
Why attempts to convince state and local governmental officials that they can ignore Supreme Court decisions are legally…
Employment Law
Supreme Court Requests Solicitor General’s Opinion on Sabbath Accommodation Case
The value of the Patterson case does not merely hinge on its facts, which would likely have to be…
Church and State
7th Cir. to Decide Whether Ministerial Housing Exemption is Constitutional
By Michael Peabody - Last November, a federal judge stuck a stick in a beehive when she found…
Church and State
“So help me God” and the jury – 11th Circuit rules juror who claimed “divine revelation” properly dismissed
When jurors are selected for trial in Federal court, they are asked to adopt the phrase "so help…
Constitution
Opinion: Playing Political Football with the President’s Faith
By Jason Hines - Attacks on the President's faith are an attempt to redefine the constitutional role of…