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December 31, 2011: The Conflict Between The Catholic Church And Government Regulations, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2011

December 31, 2011: The Conflict Between The Catholic Church And Government Regulations, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Conflict Between the Catholic Church and Government Regulations“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Step Down, Justice Melvin, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2011

Step Down, Justice Melvin, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals


Justice’S Suspension Is Dubious, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2011

Justice’S Suspension Is Dubious, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals


Holmes And Dissent, Allen P. Mendenhall Nov 2011

Holmes And Dissent, Allen P. Mendenhall

Allen Mendenhall

Holmes saw the dissent as a mechanism to advance and preserve arguments and as a pageant for wordplay. Dissents, for Holmes, occupied an interstitial space between law and non-law. The thought and theory of pragmatism allowed him to recreate the dissent as a stage for performative text, a place where signs and syntax could mimic the environment of the particular time and place and in so doing become, or strive to become, law. Holmes’s dissents were sites of aesthetic adaptation. The language of his dissents was acrobatic. It acted and reacted and called attention to itself. The more provocative and …


November 23, 2011: Obama To Side With The Bishops, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2011

November 23, 2011: Obama To Side With The Bishops, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Obama to Side With the Bishops“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


November 16, 2011: A Secular Defense Of Religious Exemptions, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2011

November 16, 2011: A Secular Defense Of Religious Exemptions, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “A Secular Defense of Religious Exemptions“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


November 2, 2011: The Establishment Clause In Shambles, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2011

November 2, 2011: The Establishment Clause In Shambles, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “The Establishment Clause in Shambles“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Presidential Power And Constitutional Responsibility, Thomas P. Crocker Nov 2011

Presidential Power And Constitutional Responsibility, Thomas P. Crocker

Faculty Publications

Some constitutional theorists defend unbounded executive power to respond to emergencies or expansive discretionary powers to complete statutory directives. Against these anti-Madisonian approaches, this Article examines how the textual assignment of republican virtues helps to constitute and constrain the president's power. The Madisonian solution for constitutional constraint both creates institutions for unenlightened statesmen and relies on virtue to make governing possible. Constitutional responsibility is a consistent textual theme found in the command to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed," the responsibility to remain faithful to the office of president, and the obligation to preserve the Constitution itself. Although …


A Vanishing Virginia Constitution?, Hon. Stephen R. Mccullough Nov 2011

A Vanishing Virginia Constitution?, Hon. Stephen R. Mccullough

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.


October 29, 2011: Why Any Change In The Establishment Clause?, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2011

October 29, 2011: Why Any Change In The Establishment Clause?, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Why Any Change in the Establishment Clause?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


October 22, 2011: Standing On God/Pleading With God, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2011

October 22, 2011: Standing On God/Pleading With God, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Standing on God/Pleading With God“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


October 19, 2011: The Religious Exemption, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2011

October 19, 2011: The Religious Exemption, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “The Religious Exemption“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


October 9, 2011: Why Does There Need To Be A Ministerial Exception?, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2011

October 9, 2011: Why Does There Need To Be A Ministerial Exception?, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Why Does There Need to be a Ministerial Exception?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


October 1, 2011: The Problem Of Nonpreferentialism, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2011

October 1, 2011: The Problem Of Nonpreferentialism, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “The Problem of Nonpreferentialism“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


September 25, 2011: Justice Scalia At Duquesne Law School, Bruce Ledewitz Sep 2011

September 25, 2011: Justice Scalia At Duquesne Law School, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Justice Scalia at Duquesne Law School“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


August 25, 2011: Duquesne University Law School To Probe The Future Of The Establishment Clause, Bruce Ledewitz Aug 2011

August 25, 2011: Duquesne University Law School To Probe The Future Of The Establishment Clause, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Duquesne University Law School to Probe The Future of the Establishment Clause“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


August 14, 2011: The Fourth Circuit Gets A Prayer Decision Wrong, Bruce Ledewitz Aug 2011

August 14, 2011: The Fourth Circuit Gets A Prayer Decision Wrong, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Fourth Circuit Gets a Prayer Decision Wrong“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


July 20, 2011: This Proposed Constitutional Amendment Shows Contempt For Democracy, Bruce Ledewitz Jul 2011

July 20, 2011: This Proposed Constitutional Amendment Shows Contempt For Democracy, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “This Proposed Constitutional Amendment Shows Contempt for Democracy“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


July 12, 2011: The Utah Bigamy Law Challenge, Bruce Ledewitz Jul 2011

July 12, 2011: The Utah Bigamy Law Challenge, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Utah Bigamy Law Challenge“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


July 5, 2011: Happy Fourth Of July, Bruce Ledewitz Jul 2011

July 5, 2011: Happy Fourth Of July, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Happy Fourth of July“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


June 26, 2011: The Political Irresponsibility Of Douglas Laycock, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2011

June 26, 2011: The Political Irresponsibility Of Douglas Laycock, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “The Political Irresponsibility of Douglas Laycock“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


June 15, 2011: Weird Second Circuit Decision, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2011

June 15, 2011: Weird Second Circuit Decision, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “ Weird Second Circuit Decision“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


June 12, 2011: Graduation Prayer And The Defense Of Secular Government, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2011

June 12, 2011: Graduation Prayer And The Defense Of Secular Government, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Graduation Prayer and the Defense of Secular Government“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


It’S Time To Reconsider Graduation Prayer In Public High Schools, Bruce Ledewitz May 2011

It’S Time To Reconsider Graduation Prayer In Public High Schools, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals.


May 8, 2011: Torture Works, Bruce Ledewitz May 2011

May 8, 2011: Torture Works, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Torture Works“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


April 22, 2011: Conservative Christians Discover The Separation Of Church And State, Bruce Ledewitz Apr 2011

April 22, 2011: Conservative Christians Discover The Separation Of Church And State, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Conservative Christians Discover the Separation of Church and State“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


"A" Students Go To Court: Is Membership In The National Honor Society A Cognizable Legal Right?, Thomas A. Schweitzer Apr 2011

"A" Students Go To Court: Is Membership In The National Honor Society A Cognizable Legal Right?, Thomas A. Schweitzer

Thomas A. Schweitzer

No abstract provided.


April 3, 2011: The Legal Background Of Burning The Qur’An, Bruce Ledewitz Apr 2011

April 3, 2011: The Legal Background Of Burning The Qur’An, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “The Legal Background of Burning the Qur’an“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


April 2, 2011: The Great Separation, Bruce Ledewitz Apr 2011

April 2, 2011: The Great Separation, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Great Separation“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Islam, Judaism And The Murders At Itamar, Bruce Ledewitz Mar 2011

Islam, Judaism And The Murders At Itamar, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals.