Current Events
The U.S. Supreme Court made the Right Decision When It Upheld the Ministerial Exception
In ruling the way it did, the Supreme Court protected the right of a religious organization to select…
Current Events
Analysis – Christian Legal Society v. Hastings – The Lesson: Stipulations Matter
Earlier this month, the United States Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling holding that it was not unconstitutional…
Church and State
Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor’s rulings on religious issues
University of Toledo law professor Howard M. Friedman has compiled a list of Judge Sonia Sotomayor's rulings on…
Church and State
PRECEDENT – A century ago religious groups tried to change the California Constitution to enact a religious law
J.O. Corliss - Liberty Magazine - 1908 - "California is the only State in the American Union without…
Current Events
Double Standards? – Supreme Court to hear two religious groups battle over monument
PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH - The U.S. Supreme Court today will hear an argument where two religious groups are…
Church and State
Professor Steven Calabresi on Enforcing Morality (Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy)
In this essay published in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Steven Calabresi, the George C.…
Constitution
Religious Pluralism & America’s Christian Nation Debate: Revisiting the Intentions of America’s Constitutional Founders
By Gregory W. Hamilton The constitutional system of the United States of America remains the envy of the…
Civil Rights
Barack Obama’s judicial nominees (Baltimore Sun)
James Oliphant of the Baltimore Sun blogged about Barack Obama’s judicial nominees. http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/05/printer-obama_on_judges.html Here is some of what…
Supreme Court
Supreme Court to consider Ten Commandments vs. ‘Seven Aphorisms’
Must a city park that displays one monument also permit others’? By David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times…