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A Measure Of Freedom, James W. Nickel
The Price Of Vouchers For Religious Freedom, Laura S. Underkuffler
The Price Of Vouchers For Religious Freedom, Laura S. Underkuffler
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
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Separating Church And State: Roger Williams And Religious Liberty, Kurt T. Lash
Separating Church And State: Roger Williams And Religious Liberty, Kurt T. Lash
Law Faculty Publications
Roger Williams was a religious bigot. He never met a church pure enough for his brand of Puritanism, and he never found a congregation worthy enough to have him as its pastor. After alienating every potential ally and provoking every critic, Williams was forced to flee to the wilds of Narragansett Bay in present-day Rhode Island. There, he preached to his remaining congregation- his family- and supported laws prohibiting men from wearing long hair.
In Timothy Hall's illuminating book, the reader is confronted with a flesh and blood Roger Williams who is rather different from the modern myth. Although Williams …
Note, Kdm Ex Rel. Wjm V. Reedsport School District, Kevin C. Walsh
Note, Kdm Ex Rel. Wjm V. Reedsport School District, Kevin C. Walsh
Scholarly Articles
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Emerging Trends In Religious Liberty, Robert A. Destro
Emerging Trends In Religious Liberty, Robert A. Destro
Scholarly Articles
From a religious liberty perspective, the October 2000 term of the United States Supreme Court was relatively uneventful. The Court decided only one case raising significant religious liberty concerns, Good News Club v. Milford Central School. Good News Club adds little to the First Amendment case law already on the books, but it does provide an excellent opportunity to highlight the growing need for well-informed scholars, both American and foreign, to examine the relationships between and among clauses of the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.
Public Funding For Religious Schools: Difficulties And Dangers In A Pluralistic Society, Laura S. Underkuffler
Public Funding For Religious Schools: Difficulties And Dangers In A Pluralistic Society, Laura S. Underkuffler
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
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Accommodation And Equal Liberty, Lisa Schultz Bressman
Accommodation And Equal Liberty, Lisa Schultz Bressman
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
How should legislatures respond to requests from religious individuals or institutions for exemptions to generally applicable laws? In Employment Division v. Smith, the Supreme Court held that the Free Exercise Clause does not require legislatures (federal or state) to honor such requests. The question remains whether they should do so on a voluntary basis. This is the problem of permissive accommodation-that is, accommodation of religious liberty as a matter of political discretion rather than constitutional compulsion. Put in the terms of this Symposium, it is the problem of accommodation in the public square. It is not immediately apparent why permissive …