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Devotion ̶T̶O̶ And The Rule Of Law: Acknowledging The Role Of Religious Values In Judicial Decision-Making, Priya Purohit
Devotion ̶T̶O̶ And The Rule Of Law: Acknowledging The Role Of Religious Values In Judicial Decision-Making, Priya Purohit
Indiana Law Journal
This Comment advocates for the acknowledgment of religious values in judicial decision-making in three parts. Part I explores the role of religion in American politics, and more specifically, the role of religion in federal judicial confirmation hearings and state-level judicial elections. Membership to an institutionalized religion often performs an essential gatekeeping function when it comes to assessing the background or personal values of a candidate for political or judicial office. The initially positive role of religion in judicial selection processes suggests that the practice of refusing to acknowledge the role that religion likely already plays in judicial decision-making is wholly …
Taking Politics Religiously: Can Free Exercise And Establishment Clause Cases Illuminate The Law Of Democracy?, Pamela S. Karlan
Taking Politics Religiously: Can Free Exercise And Establishment Clause Cases Illuminate The Law Of Democracy?, Pamela S. Karlan
Indiana Law Journal
Harris Lecture delivered at Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington on February 16, 2007.
The Normalized Free Exercise Clause: Three Abnormalities, Fredrick Mark Gedicks
The Normalized Free Exercise Clause: Three Abnormalities, Fredrick Mark Gedicks
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: Religious Liberty at the Dawn of a New Millennium held at Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington on April 9, 1999.