Photo by Simon Shim on Unsplash. This article is part of our “Chaos at the Capitol: Law and Religion Perspectives on Democracy’s Dark Day” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. A giant flag demanding “Make America Godly Again,” flanked by a Rambo-image of President Trump with a machine gun. A crowd…
Trump Supporters, en route to US Capitol Grounds, at Union Station Columbus Circle and Delaware Avenue, NE, Washington DC on Wednesday morning, 6 January 2021 by Elvert Barnes. (CC BY-SA 2.0) This article is part of our “Chaos at the Capitol: Law and Religion Perspectives on Democracy’s Dark Day” series.If you’d like to check out other…
Photo by Pierre Châtel-Innocenti on Unsplash. This article is part of our “Chaos at the Capitol: Law and Religion Perspectives on Democracy’s Dark Day” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. Like many Americans, I watched the live images of the insurgent siege of the nation’s Capitol on January 6 with distress…
Tear gas outside the United States Capitol on January 6th, 2021 by Tyler Merbler. CC BY 2.0. This article is part of our “Chaos at the Capitol: Law and Religion Perspectives on Democracy’s Dark Day” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. Over the last several months, the Republican party and…
The Utah State Capitol by Garrett. (CC BY 2.0). This article is part of our “Chaos at the Capitol: Law and Religion Perspectives on Democracy’s Dark Day” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. This past Wednesday, a mob of Trump supporters — incited and emboldened multiple times by the President…
Photo by Ruslan Gilmanshin from Alamy This article is part of our “Notorious ACB: Law, Religion, and Justice Barrett’s Ascent to the Court” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. At every confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice, inevitably, commentators appear advocating 18-year term limits for Supreme Court Justices, under…
Photo by Vika_Glitter on Pixabay This article is part of our “Children and Education Rights” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic forced remote instruction, homeschooling was the fastest-growing educational choice in the United States over the past two decades. While many parents have kept…
Image by Bhargava Marripati from Pixabay This article is part of our “Children and Education Rights” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. Earlier this year, Harvard Magazine, the university’s alumni publication, interviewed Elizabeth Bartholet, professor at Harvard Law School and faculty director of its Child Advocacy Program, for an…
Image from Pixabay This article is part of our “Children and Education Rights” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. If you’re looking for a convenient signpost to mark the beginning of the homeschooling movement in the U.S. you might choose the publication of the first ever newsletter devoted to…
Image from Unsplash This article is part of our “Children and Education Rights” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) mandates states, through local school boards or education agencies, to provide a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to all children with disabilities. To…