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Potential Consequences Of Trump’S “Religious Freedom” Executive Order, Public Rights/Private Conscience Project May 2017

Potential Consequences Of Trump’S “Religious Freedom” Executive Order, Public Rights/Private Conscience Project

Center for Gender & Sexuality Law

President Trump is set to sign a far-reaching and constitutionally problematic executive order today. Although a draft of the final order has not yet been released, it will likely mirror, at least in part, a similar draft that was leaked earlier this year.


Review Essay: Charity For The Autonomous Self, Carl H. Esbeck Mar 2017

Review Essay: Charity For The Autonomous Self, Carl H. Esbeck

Faculty Publications

Review essay for "Charity Law and the Liberal State", by Matthew Harding and "Religion, Charity and Human Rights", by Kerry O'Halloran.


Religious Freedom As A Technology Of Modern Secular Governance, Peter G. Danchin Jan 2017

Religious Freedom As A Technology Of Modern Secular Governance, Peter G. Danchin

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Free Exercise Of Religious Identity, Lauren Sudeall Jan 2017

The Free Exercise Of Religious Identity, Lauren Sudeall

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

In recent years, a particular strain of argument has arisen in response to decisions by courts or the government to extend certain rights to others. Grounded in religious freedom, these arguments suggest that individuals have a right to operate businesses or conduct their professional roles in a manner that conforms to their religious identity. For example, as courts and legislatures have extended the right to marry to same-sex couples, court clerks have refused to issue marriage certificates to such couples, claiming that to do so would violate their religious beliefs. Similarly, corporations have refused, for reasons grounded in religious identity, …