…the Loss of Nicaraguan Nationality. Both laws create a legal framework to sanction those actions considered harmful to the supreme interests of the nation, turning those who undertake them into…
“Freedom of Thought and Conscience and the Challenges of AI” by Andrea Pin
…U.S. Supreme Court “has never said exactly what [freedom of thought] is.” After all, protecting the freedom of conscience means protecting the fabric of human civilization — something that is…
“‘Luminous and Obscure’: Into the Depths of Constitutional Meaning” by Perry Dane
…the United States Supreme Court. His research and teaching interests include constitutional law and theory, comparative constitutionalism, jurisdiction, religion and the law, legal pluralism, the jurisprudence of Jewish law, conflict of laws, the debate…
“Reassessing Democracy: Contemporary Christian and Islamic Perspectives” by Whittney Barth
…Supreme Court last year in Kennedy v. Bremerton explained that Religion Clauses and the Speech Clause “work in tandem.” During this past term, the Court decided a case involving a…
“From the Pope’s Hand to Indigenous Lands Alexander VI in Spanish Imperialism” by Matthew P. Cavedon
…Emory University. He is a former public defender and was a law clerk for a United States district court and the Supreme Court of Georgia. Recommended Citation Cavedon, Matthew. “From…
“God & Country: A Look at White Christian Nationalism that Both Enlightens and Disappoints” by David Little
…segregation in the name of “Christian values,” holding that federal anti-discrimination policy was also anti-Christian. The anti-Christian part was reinforced by Supreme Court rulings in the early 60s, eliminating prayer…
“John Witte, Jr.’s Contributions to the Study of Sex, Marriage, and Family Law” by Helen Alvaré
…the later twentieth-century Supreme Court decisions ending such children’s legal disabilities. At the same time, and according to the same metric—children’s human rights and adults’ responsibilities to children—he notes that…
“Judaism Says Yes to IVF and PGD” by Michael J. Broyde
…state’s Supreme Court in LePage v. Center for Reproductive Medicine, which classified frozen embryos as “children.” This decision created significant legal uncertainty and operational challenges for IVF providers, leading to…
“Limited Dominion in Early Modern Political Theologies” by Elisabeth Rain Kincaid and Matthew P. Cavedon
…to tyrants or to those who attempt to limit the “worship of the one supreme and true God.” In addition, Saint Augustine describes the Church as possessing a separate authority,…
“Is Anything Sacred? Trump and the Truths We Hold” by David Little
…rulings of the Supreme Court. This is a particularly critical right, since it means that simply on the basis of birth or naturalization, citizenship and all “the privileges and immunities”…