…2020) (This brief is available on the Supreme Court website at https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/20A96/162728/20201204165954427_2020.12.03%20DCAvB%20Amici%20Brief%20FINAL.pdf ) Given the right of everyone to choose their religious beliefs and make decisions consistent with those beliefs,…
Does Clothing Make the Person: Reflections of the Rights of Public School Employees to Wear Religious Garb in the Workplace By Allan G. Osborne and Charles J. Russo
…recent decision of the Supreme Court, Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, a dispute not involving religious garb, in which the Supreme Court ruled that school officials violated the rights of…
“Ramirez v. Collier: Will the Supreme Court Expand the Right to the Presence of a Spiritual Advisor for Prisoners During Execution?” by Peter Wosnik
…Citation Wosnik, Peter. “Ramirez v. Collier: Will the Supreme Court Expand the Right to the Presence of a Spiritual Advisor for Prisoners During Execution?” Canopy Forum, January 21, 2022. https://canopyforum.org/2022/01/21/ramirez-v-collier-will-the-supreme-court-expand-the-right-to-the-presence-of-a-spiritual-advisor-for-prisoners-during-execution/….
“Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment” Introduction by John Witte, Jr., Joel A. Nichols, and Richard W. Garnett
…and free exercise of religion were rarely addressed and only superficially enforced in the federal courts. Not one Supreme Court case before 1940 found a violation of either the no-establishment…
“The Right to Conscientious Objection Under Martial Law in Ukraine” by Illia Roskoshnyi
…of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), which is binding on Ukrainian courts.2See Article 17.1 Courts apply the Convention and the practice of the Court as a source of law…
“Slaughtering Religious Freedom at the Court of Justice of the European Union” by Andrea Pin and John Witte, Jr.
…local proceedings to ask the Court to deliver a “preliminary ruling” on EU law matters that are relevant to their local case. The Court’s ruling will be binding on them…
“Why ‘School Choice’ is a Strange Term: Educational Pluralism and International Norms” by Ashley Rogers Berner
…alternative path used by successful school systems in democracies around the world: educational pluralism. Educational pluralism is a way to structure education in which the government funds a wide variety…
“Kavanaugh May Be Open to Restoring Strict Scrutiny Review in Free Exercise Cases” by Raphael A. Friedman
…Amish 14 and 15-year-old-children from compulsory education laws. The Court noted that the “requirement for compulsory education beyond the eighth grade is a relatively recent development in our history,” and…
“How an LGBTQ+ Rights Case Could Affect the Response to COVID-19” by Patrick Hornbeck
…rather than this term, when the U.S. Supreme Court heard Fulton v. Philadelphia, the case involving religious foster-care agencies who refused to place children with same-sex parents. Imagine, too, that…
“Blueberries, Constitutional Values, and Educational Equality: Religious Activists on the Purpose of Public Education” by Karey Harwood
…connected around education and through education.” Wake: Why the Battle over Diverse Public Schools Still Matters (Rutgers University Press, 2024). She described public education as the key to opportunity, pointing…