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December 30, 2010: What Does “One Nation Under God” In The Pledge Of Allegiance Mean?, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2010

December 30, 2010: What Does “One Nation Under God” In The Pledge Of Allegiance Mean?, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “What Does “one Nation under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance Mean?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


December 14, 2010: A Fundamental Rights Decision Masquerading As A Commerce Decision, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2010

December 14, 2010: A Fundamental Rights Decision Masquerading As A Commerce Decision, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “A Fundamental Rights Decision Masquerading as a Commerce Decision“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


December 11, 2010: Hallowed Secularism And The Tea Party, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2010

December 11, 2010: Hallowed Secularism And The Tea Party, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Hallowed Secularism and the Tea Party“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


December 8, 2010: Uphold Proposition 8, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2010

December 8, 2010: Uphold Proposition 8, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Uphold Proposition 8“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


December 5, 2010: Seeking Common Ground: A Secular Statement, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2010

December 5, 2010: Seeking Common Ground: A Secular Statement, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Seeking Common Ground: A Secular Statement“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Dodging A Bullet: Mcdonald V. City Of Chicago And The Limits Of Progressive Originalism, Dale E. Ho Dec 2010

Dodging A Bullet: Mcdonald V. City Of Chicago And The Limits Of Progressive Originalism, Dale E. Ho

Dale E Ho

The Supreme Court’s decision in last term’s gun rights case, McDonald v. City of Chicago, punctured the conventional wisdom after District of Columbia v. Heller that “we are all originalists now.” Surprisingly, many progressive academics were disappointed. For “progressive originalists,” McDonald was a missed opportunity to overrule the Slaughter-House Cases and to revitalize the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In their view, such a ruling could have realigned progressive constitutional achievements with originalism and relieved progressives of the albatross of substantive due process, while also unlocking long-dormant constitutional text to serve as the source of new unenumerated …


Lawmakers As Lawbreakers, Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov Nov 2010

Lawmakers As Lawbreakers, Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov

Dr. Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov

How would Congress act in a world without judicial review? Canlawmakers be trusted to police themselves? This Article examinesCongress’s capacity and incentives to enforce upon itself “the law ofcongressional lawmaking”—a largely overlooked body of law that iscompletely insulated from judicial enforcement. The Article exploresthe political safeguards that may motivate lawmakers to engage inself-policing and rule-following behavior. It identifies the majorpolitical safeguards that can be garnered from the relevant legal,political science, political economy, and social psychology scholarship,and evaluates each safeguard by drawing on a combination oftheoretical, empirical, and descriptive studies about Congress. TheArticle’s main argument is that the political safeguards that …


November 30,2010: There Is No G-O-D In America, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2010

November 30,2010: There Is No G-O-D In America, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “There is no G-o-d in America“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


November 18, 2010: “Getting Honest”, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2010

November 18, 2010: “Getting Honest”, Bruce Ledewitz

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


November 14, 2010: Global Warming, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2010

November 14, 2010: Global Warming, Bruce Ledewitz

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


November 3, 2010: Pat Tommey A Citizens United Victory, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2010

November 3, 2010: Pat Tommey A Citizens United Victory, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Pat Tommey a Citizens United Victory“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


October 31, 2010: Why I Wish No One Had Gone To The Stewart/Colbert Rally, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2010

October 31, 2010: Why I Wish No One Had Gone To The Stewart/Colbert Rally, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Why I Wish No One Had Gone to the Stewart/Colbert Rally“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


October 28, 2010: Is Islam A Religion Of Peace?, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2010

October 28, 2010: Is Islam A Religion Of Peace?, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Is Islam a Religion of Peace?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


October 25, 2010: Why Are The Democrats Doing So Badly?, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2010

October 25, 2010: Why Are The Democrats Doing So Badly?, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Why Are the Democrats Doing So Badly?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


October 17, 2010: Woody Allen’S Hell, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2010

October 17, 2010: Woody Allen’S Hell, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Woody Allen’s Hell“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


A New Clear And Present Danger: Security, Freedom And Ordered Liberty On The Home Front During The War Against Terrorism, Beau James Brock Sep 2010

A New Clear And Present Danger: Security, Freedom And Ordered Liberty On The Home Front During The War Against Terrorism, Beau James Brock

Beau James Brock

Regardless of the foreign policy rationalizations for failing to respond to Osama Bin Laden’s declaration of war against the United States prior to September 11th, we are faced with a de facto state of war, for over a full decade now, that will require an ever vigilant and determined commitment in order to secure the domestic security of our land. The use of available technology to break through our opponents’ intelligence networks has been a vital instrument of victory in past wars and will be in this struggle we now face. But, where is the line marking appropriate federal action …


September 30, 2010: Ignorant Of Religion But Believing In God, Bruce Ledewitz Sep 2010

September 30, 2010: Ignorant Of Religion But Believing In God, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Ignorant of Religion but Believing in God“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


September 23, 2010: Why Global Warming Cannot Be Happening, Bruce Ledewitz Sep 2010

September 23, 2010: Why Global Warming Cannot Be Happening, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Why Global Warming Cannot be Happening“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


September 11, 2010: What Did Rick Santorum Mean?, Bruce Ledewitz Sep 2010

September 11, 2010: What Did Rick Santorum Mean?, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “What Did Rick Santorum Mean?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


September 6, 2010: George F. Will As A Know-Nothing, Bruce Ledewitz Sep 2010

September 6, 2010: George F. Will As A Know-Nothing, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “George F. Will as a Know-Nothing“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


August 29, 2010: Glen Beck’S Restoring Honor Rally, Bruce Ledewitz Aug 2010

August 29, 2010: Glen Beck’S Restoring Honor Rally, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “ Glen Beck’s Restoring Honor Rally“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


August 26, 2010: Arguments About The Existence Of, Or Consequences Of The Nonexistence Of, God Go Nowhere, Bruce Ledewitz Aug 2010

August 26, 2010: Arguments About The Existence Of, Or Consequences Of The Nonexistence Of, God Go Nowhere, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Arguments about the Existence of, or Consequences of the Nonexistence of, God Go Nowhere“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


August 22, 2010: Imposing Shariah, Bruce Ledewitz Aug 2010

August 22, 2010: Imposing Shariah, Bruce Ledewitz

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


August 14, 2010: The Sick Tragedy Of The Anti-Mosque Movement, Bruce Ledewitz Aug 2010

August 14, 2010: The Sick Tragedy Of The Anti-Mosque Movement, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “The Sick Tragedy of the anti-Mosque Movement“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


July 8, 2010: Seeking “Common Ground”: A Secular Statement, Bruce Ledewitz Jul 2010

July 8, 2010: Seeking “Common Ground”: A Secular Statement, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Seeking “Common Ground”: A Secular Statement“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


July 4, 2010: Happy Fourth Of July, Bruce Ledewitz Jul 2010

July 4, 2010: 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 27, 2010: The Fight Over Jesus’ Name, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2010

June 27, 2010: The Fight Over Jesus’ Name, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “The Fight Over Jesus’ Name“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


June 14, 2010: Is President Obama Committing Treason?, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2010

June 14, 2010: Is President Obama Committing Treason?, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Is President Obama Committing Treason?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


June 10, 2010: Whose Fault Is The Florida “Right To Witness” Law?, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2010

June 10, 2010: Whose Fault Is The Florida “Right To Witness” Law?, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Whose Fault is the Florida “Right to Witness” Law?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


June 6, 2010: Former Justice David Souter’S Harvard Commencement Speech, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2010

June 6, 2010: Former Justice David Souter’S Harvard Commencement Speech, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Former Justice David Souter’s Harvard Commencement Speech“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.