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December 29, 2019: Secular Responses To Anti-Semitic Violence, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2019

December 29, 2019: Secular Responses To Anti-Semitic Violence, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Secular Responses to anti-Semitic Violence“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Think We’Re Powerless Against Hate Speech? The Constitution Provides Plenty Of Room To Address It, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2019

Think We’Re Powerless Against Hate Speech? The Constitution Provides Plenty Of Room To Address It, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


December 4, 2019: A Good Day For The Rule Of Law, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2019

December 4, 2019: A Good Day For The Rule Of Law, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “A Good Day for the Rule of Law“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Calif. Supreme Court Right To Strike Down Law Requiring Trump To Release Tax Returns To Get On The Ballot, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2019

Calif. Supreme Court Right To Strike Down Law Requiring Trump To Release Tax Returns To Get On The Ballot, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


November 14, 2019: What’S Wrong With Impeachment, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2019

November 14, 2019: What’S Wrong With Impeachment, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “What’s Wrong With Impeachment“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


October 27, 2019: The Shooter And The Death Penalty, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2019

October 27, 2019: The Shooter And The Death Penalty, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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


Don’T Lock Trump Up, Just Because Mueller Said You Can, Bruce Ledewitz Jul 2019

Don’T Lock Trump Up, Just Because Mueller Said You Can, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

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


Scotus Gerrymandering Case: Roberts Didn’T Defend Constitutional Democracy, Bruce Ledewitz Jul 2019

Scotus Gerrymandering Case: Roberts Didn’T Defend Constitutional Democracy, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.


June 23, 2019: All The Justices Get Religion Wrong Again, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2019

June 23, 2019: All The Justices Get Religion Wrong Again, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “All the Justices Get Religion Wrong Again“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


June 22, 2019: What The Supreme Court Should Have Said, But Didn't, In The Maryland Cross Case, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2019

June 22, 2019: What The Supreme Court Should Have Said, But Didn't, In The Maryland Cross Case, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “What the Supreme Court Should Have Said, But Didn't, in the Maryland Cross Case“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


June 5, 2019: Babbling Barr, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2019

June 5, 2019: Babbling Barr, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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


June 1, 2019: King Trump, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2019

June 1, 2019: King Trump, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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


May 15, 2019: What Impeachment And Court-Packing Have In Common, Bruce Ledewitz May 2019

May 15, 2019: What Impeachment And Court-Packing Have In Common, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “What Impeachment and Court-packing Have in Common“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


April 14, 2019: Two Cases Of Independence--The Court And The Fed--And What They Tell Us About American Nihilism, Bruce Ledewitz Apr 2019

April 14, 2019: Two Cases Of Independence--The Court And The Fed--And What They Tell Us About American Nihilism, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “ Two Cases of Independence--the Court and the Fed--and What They Tell Us About American Nihilism“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


The Supreme Court Will Preserve The Bladensburg Cross, But It Matters How, Bruce Ledewitz Mar 2019

The Supreme Court Will Preserve The Bladensburg Cross, But It Matters How, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

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


March 17, 2019: The Response To My Anti-Court-Packing Message, Bruce Ledewitz Mar 2019

March 17, 2019: The Response To My Anti-Court-Packing Message, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Response to My anti-Court-Packing Message“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


February 23, 2019: Opening Of The Memphis Talk On Court-Packing, Bruce Ledewitz Feb 2019

February 23, 2019: Opening Of The Memphis Talk On Court-Packing, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Opening of the Memphis talk on Court-Packing“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


March 21, 2019: My Op-Ed On The Bladesnburg Cross, Bruce Ledewitz Feb 2019

March 21, 2019: My Op-Ed On The Bladesnburg Cross, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “ My op-ed on the Bladesnburg Cross“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


February 16, 2019: John Yoo, War Criminal, Bruce Ledewitz Feb 2019

February 16, 2019: John Yoo, War Criminal, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “John Yoo, War Criminal“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


February 10, 2019: This Political Moment, Bruce Ledewitz Feb 2019

February 10, 2019: This Political Moment, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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


January 29, 2019: How To Save American Democracy, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2019

January 29, 2019: How To Save American Democracy, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “How to Save American Democracy“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


What Has Gone Wrong And What Can We Do About It?, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2019

What Has Gone Wrong And What Can We Do About It?, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

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


What Is The Best Model For Investigating Presidential Wrongdoing Today?, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2019

What Is The Best Model For Investigating Presidential Wrongdoing Today?, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

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


The Influence Of The Warren Court And Natural Rights On Substantive Due Process, James Marmaduke Jan 2019

The Influence Of The Warren Court And Natural Rights On Substantive Due Process, James Marmaduke

Calvert Undergraduate Research Awards

Advanced Research Winner 2019:

While the concept of substantive due process has guided judicial decision making even prior to the Civil War, it has become a lightning rod among the juristic community especially since the 1960s. This controversy includes issues ranging from the applicability and reliability to the cogency and legitimacy of the doctrine of substantive due process Many scholars attribute the skepticism toward the concept of substantive due process to be the result of a paradigm shift in the middle of the 20th century when this concept transitioned from an economic and property rights based approach to one …


A Call For America’S Law Professors To Oppose Court-Packing, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2019

A Call For America’S Law Professors To Oppose Court-Packing, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

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


How State Courts Can Help America Recover The Rule Of Law: The Pennsylvania Experience, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2019

How State Courts Can Help America Recover The Rule Of Law: The Pennsylvania Experience, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

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


Artificial Intelligence And Law: An Overview, Harry Surden Jan 2019

Artificial Intelligence And Law: An Overview, Harry Surden

Publications

Much has been written recently about artificial intelligence (AI) and law. But what is AI, and what is its relation to the practice and administration of law? This article addresses those questions by providing a high-level overview of AI and its use within law. The discussion aims to be nuanced but also understandable to those without a technical background. To that end, I first discuss AI generally. I then turn to AI and how it is being used by lawyers in the practice of law, people and companies who are governed by the law, and government officials who administer the …