…colonial law and English common law). The U.S. Supreme Court has noted that “the two witness requirement . . . was a familiar precept of the New Testament, and of…
“Respecting the Needs of Worshippers is Essential to Containing COVID-19” by Robin Fretwell Wilson
…Supreme Court summarily denied Calvary’s request, citing its recent decision in South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, which “declin[ed] to enjoin California’s restrictions on religious…
“Slaughterhouses as Sites of Exception” by Joanna Smith
…– the ragged threads of a competing logic are visible. Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Chief Justice downplayed the importance of coronavirus outbreaks in her state, saying that it was just meatpacking…
“The COVID Crisis as a Crisis of Trust” by Brett G. Scharffs
…Partisans on both sides are behaving in ways that make it difficult to trust even the integrity of our voting system. A contentious Supreme Court nomination reminds us of the…
“The Coronavirus, the Compelling State Interest in Health, and Religious Autonomy” by W. Cole Durham, Jr.
…claims arising in the pandemic context is simply to hold, with the Supreme Court in Employment Division v. Smith, that so long as a health policy is neutral and general,…
“Fratelli tutti: A Marvelous Gift of Pope Francis” by Rafael Domingo
…our hearts sufficiently, the supreme head of the Catholic Church warns, if we turn our backs on human misery, so “caught up as we are with our own needs (that)…
“Pope Francis’ Politics of Love” by Patrick Hornbeck
…teaching on the subject of the death penalty has been on the minds of U.S. legal commentators as the now-Justice Amy Coney Barrett of the Supreme Court got her start…
“White Christian Nationalism at the Capitol” by Caroline Mala Corbin
…issues. Her contribution is based on her essay, The Supreme Court’s Facilitation of White Christian Nationalism, 71 Ala. L. Rev. 833 (2020). Recommended Citation Mala Corbin, Caroline. “White Christian Nationalism at…
“The Reckoning of Religious Studies and Colonialism” by Laura Ammon
…“convert or die.” This “choice” was presented with the conviction that the ultimate authority behind the seizure of land, culture, and human lifeways was the supreme God who had created…
“To Iraq and Back: Takeaways of an Historic Papal Visit” by Rafael Domingo
…in person was his duty as Roman Catholicism’s supreme leader and compelling grounds to take the risks of such a visit. His decision to travel was brave, but not rash…