…Nebraska banned teaching students below the eighth grade modern foreign languages. Upholding this law, the state supreme court described “the baneful effects of permitting foreigners, who had taken residence in…
“Jehovah’s Witnesses and Religious Persecution: Do Signed Declarations Help?” by George D. Chryssides
…Witnesses. In April 2017 the 2002 legislation was implemented, and the Russian Supreme Court banned Jehovah’s Witnesses’ activities, confiscating properties, valued at over $90 million US dollars, and liquidating the…
Power Imbalance in The Christian Conciliation Process by Ann Carey
…Supreme Court and one to the U.S. Supreme Court. She has also been Certified in Christian Counseling, Conciliation and Alternative Dispute Resolution. Ann has served as a mediator/arbitrator for more…
“State and Non-State Violations of Religious Freedom and Implications for National Unity in Nigeria” by Dodeye Uduak Williams
…all can provide effective solutions. State Violations of Religious Freedom Imposition of Sharia Law, Sharia Criminal Courts and Sharia Customary Courts Sharia Law, a product of Islam, has been imposed…
“Celebrating the Scholarship of Michael J. Perry” by John Witte, Jr.
…The Fourteenth Amendment and the Supreme Court (Oxford, 1999); Under God? Religious Faith and Liberal Democracy (Cambridge, 2003); Toward a Theory of Human Rights: Religion, Law, Courts (Cambridge, 2007); Constitutional…
“Why Secular Society Desperately Needs the Recognition of Religious Holidays” by Bruce Ledewitz
…— the Supreme Court may be pro-religion, but this is now a thoroughly secular society. This debate ended in the opposite place from the legal debate — the Supreme Court…
“AI Regulation and the Risk of Ideological Capture: When Tech Becomes Religion” by Isaac May
…There has never been an explicit definition of religion from the U.S. Supreme Court. In the conscientious objector cases during the Vietnam War, the Supreme Court backed an expansive notion…
“Secular Corporations, Religious Subjects” by Isaac A. Weiner
…out other articles in this series, click here. What is a religious corporation? After a number of high profile U.S. Supreme Court decisions over the past decade, this question has assumed…
“The Holiday Blues in Prison” by Juan Carlos Riofrío
…The Supreme Court has outlined four elements that should be considered in determining the reasonableness of a prison regulation: a) whether there is a “valid, rational connection between the prison…
“Religious Freedom and the Burqa Ban in Italy” by Rebeca Vázquez Gómez
Religious Freedom and the Burqa Ban in Italy Rebeca Vázquez Gómez Supreme Court of Cassation in Rome, Italy by Matthias Lemm on Pixabay. This article is part of our “Clothed…