P.S. Krøyer’s painting of A meeting in the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (PD-Art). This article is part of our Book Review Roundtable on Andrea Pin’s book, Dignity in Judgement: Constitutional Adjudication in Comparative Perspective (2025).If you’d like to check out other reviews in this series, click here. In his book Dignity in Judgment…
United States Capitol in Washington D.C., by Jarek Tuszyński (CC-BY-SA-3.0 & GDFL). This article is part of our series on Law, Religion, and The Johnson Amendment. If you’d like to explore other articles in this series, click here. Few provisions are more vital to preserving both the integrity of religious organizations and democratic transparency than the Johnson…
Internal Revenue Service Building in Maryland from the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. This article is part of our series on Law, Religion, and The Johnson Amendment. If you’d like to explore other articles in this series, click here. On a Sunday morning in late October 2008, in Charlotte, North Carolina, Pastor Greg Moss of St. Paul Missionary Baptist…
View of the Grat Synagogue and the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam by Gerrit Berckheyde (US-PD) This article is part of our series on Law, Religion, and The Johnson Amendment. If you’d like to explore other articles in this series, click here. American clergy have long navigated the seam between preaching values and practicing politics. The so‑called Johnson…
Internal Revenue Service Building in Washington, D.C. Photo from the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. This article is part of our series on Law, Religion, and The Johnson Amendment. If you’d like to explore other articles in this series, click here. Some time around twenty years ago, when I was a lawyer instead of a law professor, I…
Doctrine of the Two Swords by Unknown (US-PD) This article is part of our series on Law, Religion, and Immigration. If you’d like to explore other articles in this series, click here. In the domain of U.S. immigration and border enforcement, one might assume that a consideration of religion would lead to a discussion of xenophobia and…
The President and First Lady Meet with His Holiness Pope Francis at the Vatican by Shealah Craighead (CC BY 3.0 US) This article is part of our series on Law, Religion, and Immigration. If you’d like to explore other articles in this series, click here. This paper examines U.S. humanitarian, refugee, and immigration policies in light of…
European Union Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels by Estonian Foreign Ministry (CC BY 2.0) This article is part of our series on Law, Religion, and Immigration. If you’d like to explore other articles in this series, click here. The 2024 European Union Migration Pact is a significant new set of policies aimed at unifying the EU’s approach to…
Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY by David Merrett (CC BY 2.0) This article is part of our series on Law, Religion, and Immigration. If you’d like to explore other articles in this series, click here. This essay is an excerpt from a report published in July 2025 by the Law, Rights, and Religion Project at Union…
Townsley-Murdock Immigrant Trail in Nebraska by Ammodramus (CC0 1.0) This article is part of our series on Law, Religion, and Immigration. If you’d like to explore other articles in this series, click here. Increased Immigration and Attitudes about Immigrants In a conversation with a colleague the other day, I pointed out that the percentage of foreign-born people in…