…(the “ECHR”). In R (on the application of Steinfeld and Keidan) v Secretary of State for International Development, the UK Supreme Court concluded that to the extent that the 2004…
“Why Do White Christians in America Think They Are Persecuted?” by John Corrigan
…religion being played out across the globe. All of this took place at a time during which political victories delivered them the Presidency, Senate, House of Representatives, and Supreme Court,…
“Trump’s Problem with Race and Religion” by Steven K. Green
…forty scholarly articles and chapters on church-state matters, and he regularly collaborates on amicus curiae briefs at the US Supreme Court. Recommended Citation Green, Steven K. “Trump’s Problem with Race…
“Self-Defense and Human Rights: David Little Responds Part 2”
…fundamental rights to religion—Little variously calls the right of self-defense itself ‘foundational,’ ‘supreme,’ ‘the greatest’, the fulcrum of all other rights…the fountain through which other rights flow.” Witte continues: “And…
“Constitution Day 2020: Human Dignity and the U.S. Presidential Election” by Randall A. Poole
…Dignity and Political Entitlements,” 378. (The three supreme ideals or “transcendentals” are truth, beauty, and the good.) In simplest terms, we might say that the source of human dignity is…
“Does Biblical Literacy Enrich Constitutional Literacy? The Bible’s Forgotten Influence on the American Constitutional Tradition” by Daniel L. Dreisbach
…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,…