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Separation Of Santa And State Is Smart, Fair, Alan E. Garfield
Separation Of Santa And State Is Smart, Fair, Alan E. Garfield
Alan E Garfield
No abstract provided.
October 31, 2009: The Debate Over The Future Of Secularism, Bruce Ledewitz
October 31, 2009: The Debate Over The Future Of Secularism, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “The Debate Over the Future of Secularism“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
Deed Of Mistrust?: The Use Of Land Transfers To Evade The Establishment Clause, David C. Peet
Deed Of Mistrust?: The Use Of Land Transfers To Evade The Establishment Clause, David C. Peet
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
“God” Is Just Another Word, Bruce Ledewitz
“God” Is Just Another Word, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals
Rebuilding The Wall Of Separation: A Progressive Discussion On Church & State, Bruce Ledewitz
Rebuilding The Wall Of Separation: A Progressive Discussion On Church & State, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals.
June 21, 2009: "Netroots Nation Dives Into Inanity.", Bruce Ledewitz
June 21, 2009: "Netroots Nation Dives Into Inanity.", Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Netroots Nation Dives into Inanity." discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
May 11, 2009: How Religion Dies And Secularism Takes Hold, Bruce Ledewitz
May 11, 2009: How Religion Dies And Secularism Takes Hold, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “How Religion Dies and Secularism Takes Hold“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
Caesar's Faith: Limited Government And Freedom Of Religion In Bruker V. Marcovitz, F C. Decoste
Caesar's Faith: Limited Government And Freedom Of Religion In Bruker V. Marcovitz, F C. Decoste
Dalhousie Law Journal
The Supreme Court of Canada has long pursued the view that our law is somehow an expression and repository of what it terms "Canada 's fundamental values." In Bruker v. Marcovitz, the Court added to the catalogue of these judicially decreed and enforced values one concerning religion, namely, the protection of Canadians against the arbitrary disadvantages of their religions. This comment argues that the Court's judgment in this regard constitutes a fundamental threat to religious liberty inasmuch as it subordinates religious beliefand practice to state values by making the legal acceptability of the former turn on their conformity to the …
Delivering The Goods: Herein Of Mead, Delegations, And Authority, Patrick Mckinley Brennan
Delivering The Goods: Herein Of Mead, Delegations, And Authority, Patrick Mckinley Brennan
Working Paper Series
This paper argues, first, that the natural law position, according to which it is the function of human law and political authorities to instantiate certain individual goods and the common good of the political community, does not entail judges' having the power or authority to speak the natural law directly. It goes on to argue, second, that lawmaking power/authority must be delegated by the people or their representatives. It then argues, third, that success in making law depends not just on the exercise of delegated power/authority, but also on the exercise of care and deliberation or, in the article's terms, …
If An Amendment Were Adopted Declaing The United States A Christian Nation, Would It Be Constitutional? Well ... Let's Look At Turkey, Gary J. Jacobsohn
If An Amendment Were Adopted Declaing The United States A Christian Nation, Would It Be Constitutional? Well ... Let's Look At Turkey, Gary J. Jacobsohn
Schmooze 'tickets'
No abstract provided.
Religion And Jacksonian America, Keith E. Whittington
Religion And Jacksonian America, Keith E. Whittington
Schmooze 'tickets'
No abstract provided.
Is There A Paradox In Amending A Sacred Text?, Beau Breslin
Is There A Paradox In Amending A Sacred Text?, Beau Breslin
Schmooze 'tickets'
No abstract provided.
Like A Hole In The Head, Lief H. Carter
Religion And Constitutionalism: Indigenous Societies, David S. Bogen
Religion And Constitutionalism: Indigenous Societies, David S. Bogen
Schmooze 'tickets'
No abstract provided.
Constitutional Faith And Dynamic Stability: Thoughts On Religion, Constitutions, And Transitions To Democracy, David C. Gray
Constitutional Faith And Dynamic Stability: Thoughts On Religion, Constitutions, And Transitions To Democracy, David C. Gray
Faculty Scholarship
This essay, written for the 2009 Constitutional Schmooze, explores the complex role of religion as a source of both stability and instability. Drawing on a broader body of work in transitional justice, this essay argues that religion has an important role to play in the complex web of overlapping associations and oppositions constitutive of a dynamically stable society and further contends that constitutional protections which encourage a diversity of religions provide the best hope of harnessing that potential while limiting the dangers of religion evidenced in numerous cases of mass atrocity.
Getting The Framers Wrong: A Response To Professor Geoffrey Stone, Samuel W. Calhoun
Getting The Framers Wrong: A Response To Professor Geoffrey Stone, Samuel W. Calhoun
Scholarly Articles
Professor Geoffrey Stone’s Essay, The World of the Framers: A Christian Nation?, seeks to state “the truth about . . . what [the Framers] believed, and about what they aspired to when they created this nation.” Doing so will accomplish Professor Stone’s main objective, helping us to understand what “the Constitution allows” on a host of controversial public policy issues. Regrettably, Professor Stone’s effort is unsuccessful. Although he clearly tried to be fair in his historical account, the Essay ultimately presents a misleading view of the Framers’ perspective on the proper relationship between religion and the state.
Charles Taylor And The Future Of Secularism, Bruce Ledewitz
Charles Taylor And The Future Of Secularism, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals.
Could Government Speech Endorsing A Higher Law Resolve The Establishment Clause Crisis?, Bruce Ledewitz
Could Government Speech Endorsing A Higher Law Resolve The Establishment Clause Crisis?, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals.
Religion In The Workplace: A Report On The Layers Of Relevant Law In The United States, William W. Van Alstyne
Religion In The Workplace: A Report On The Layers Of Relevant Law In The United States, William W. Van Alstyne
Faculty Scholarship
This article reports on the thick layers of law applicable to claims of religious exception to public and private employment workplaces in the United States. It reviews the Supreme Court's First and Fourteenth Amendment salient holdings, distinguishing public sector (government) workplaces, and the extent to which legislative bodies may and may not oblige private employers to "accommodate" religiously-asserted requirements. It also provides exhaustive footnote analyses of all major federal statutes (plus some representative state and local law variations) pertinent to the topic. Its principal conclusions are these: In the currently prevailing view of the U.S. Supreme Court, neither public nor …
Pleasant Grove V. Summum: Losing The Battle To Win The War, Ian C. Bartrum
Pleasant Grove V. Summum: Losing The Battle To Win The War, Ian C. Bartrum
Scholarly Works
This short essay explores the potential doctrinal implications of the Supreme Court's recent decision in Pleasant Grove v. Summum.
Does Free Exercise Of Religion Deserve Constitutional Mention?, John M. Finnis
Does Free Exercise Of Religion Deserve Constitutional Mention?, John M. Finnis
Journal Articles
The article discusses the inclusion of the free exercise of religion among a society's constitutional guarantees in the U.S. It cites Christopher Eisgruber and Lawrence Sager, authors of the book "Religious Freedom and the Constitution," who hold that religion does not deserve constitutional mention on account of any special value. It disputes this view and states that religion does deserve constitutional mention and that the constitution should protect a citizen's right to practice his or her religion.
Religious Freedom, Church Autonomy, And Constitutionalism, Richard W. Garnett
Religious Freedom, Church Autonomy, And Constitutionalism, Richard W. Garnett
Journal Articles
Our topic at this symposium is "religion, the state, and constitutionalism"-not "the Constitution," or "the First Amendment," but "constitutionalism." Countless conferences, cases, books, and articles have wrestled with one version or another of the question, "how does our Constitution, with its First Amendment and its religion clauses, promote, protect, or perhaps restrain religion?" We are considering, it seems to me, a question that is different, and that is different in interesting and important ways: What are connections between religion and religious freedom, on the one hand, and constitutionalism, on the other?