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December 20, 2016: Faithless Calls For Faithless Electors, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2016

December 20, 2016: Faithless Calls For Faithless Electors, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Faithless Calls for Faithless Electors“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


December 4, 2016: The Supreme Court And Politics, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2016

December 4, 2016: The Supreme Court And Politics, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “The Supreme Court and Politics“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


November 19, 2016: The Hypocrisy Of The Congressional Republican Party, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2016

November 19, 2016: The Hypocrisy Of The Congressional Republican Party, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “The Hypocrisy of the Congressional Republican Party“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


November 10, 2016: Don’T Forget That The Game Is Still Rigged, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2016

November 10, 2016: Don’T Forget That The Game Is Still Rigged, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Don’t Forget that the Game is Still Rigged“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


November 2, 2016: What Comey Did, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2016

November 2, 2016: What Comey Did, Bruce Ledewitz

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


October 27, 2016: Republicans About To Practice Supreme Court Shutdown, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2016

October 27, 2016: Republicans About To Practice Supreme Court Shutdown, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Republicans About to Practice Supreme Court Shutdown“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Newsroom: Time: Bogus On Second Amendment 09/28/2016, Arica L. Coleman, Roger Williams University School Of Law Sep 2016

Newsroom: Time: Bogus On Second Amendment 09/28/2016, Arica L. Coleman, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

No abstract provided.


August 18, 2016: America Would Not Ban The Burkini, Bruce Ledewitz Aug 2016

August 18, 2016: America Would Not Ban The Burkini, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “America Would Not Ban the Burkini“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


July 8, 2016: Lack Lives Matter So Much That The Police Are Needed, Bruce Ledewitz Jul 2016

July 8, 2016: Lack Lives Matter So Much That The Police Are Needed, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Black Lives Matter So Much that the Police are Needed“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Newsroom: Goldstein On Drug Databases 6-27-2016, Sheri Qualters, Roger Williams University School Of Law Jun 2016

Newsroom: Goldstein On Drug Databases 6-27-2016, Sheri Qualters, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

No abstract provided.


June 22, 2016: Purposeful Obfuscation On Gun Control, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2016

June 22, 2016: Purposeful Obfuscation On Gun Control, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Purposeful Obfuscation on Gun Control“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


June 16, 2016: How Heller Resolves The Gun Issue, Bruce Ledewitz Jun 2016

June 16, 2016: How Heller Resolves The Gun Issue, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “How Heller Resolves the Gun Issue“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


April 13, 2016: The Future Of Law School, Bruce Ledewitz Apr 2016

April 13, 2016: The Future Of Law School, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “The Future of Law School“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


April 7, 2016: The Religious Liberty-Gay Rights Problem, Bruce Ledewitz Apr 2016

April 7, 2016: The Religious Liberty-Gay Rights Problem, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “The Religious Liberty-Gay Rights Problem“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


March 31, 2016: Well, If It Is A Crime, Why Shouldn’T Women Be Punished?, Bruce Ledewitz Mar 2016

March 31, 2016: Well, If It Is A Crime, Why Shouldn’T Women Be Punished?, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Well, If It is a Crime, Why Shouldn’t Women Be Punished?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


March 25, 2016: Religious Exemptions, Bruce Ledewitz Mar 2016

March 25, 2016: Religious Exemptions, Bruce Ledewitz

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


Newsroom: Can Court 'Restore Fundamental Liberties'? 03-23-2016, Sheldon Whitehouse, David A. Logan Mar 2016

Newsroom: Can Court 'Restore Fundamental Liberties'? 03-23-2016, Sheldon Whitehouse, David A. Logan

Life of the Law School (1993- )

No abstract provided.


February 16, 2016:Does The Constitution Protect The Right To Have More Than One Child?, Bruce Ledewitz Feb 2016

February 16, 2016:Does The Constitution Protect The Right To Have More Than One Child?, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Does the Constitution Protect the Right to Have More than One Child?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


February 14, 2016: Was Scalia A Great Justice?, Bruce Ledewitz Feb 2016

February 14, 2016: Was Scalia A Great Justice?, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Was Scalia a Great Justice?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


January 30, 2016: Journalism Under Attach—Again, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2016

January 30, 2016: Journalism Under Attach—Again, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Journalism Under Attach—Again“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


January 9, 2016: Lessons From New York, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2016

January 9, 2016: Lessons From New York, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Lessons from New York“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


The Threat Of Independent Political Spending To Democratic Life—And A Plan To Stop It, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2016

The Threat Of Independent Political Spending To Democratic Life—And A Plan To Stop It, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

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


The Five Days In June When Values Died In American Law, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2016

The Five Days In June When Values Died In American Law, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

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


Vermeule Unbound, Philip A. Hamburger Jan 2016

Vermeule Unbound, Philip A. Hamburger

Faculty Scholarship

My book asks Is Administrative Law Unlawful? Adrian Vermeule answers “No.” In support of his position, he claims that my book does not really make arguments from the U.S. Constitution, that it foolishly denounces administrative power for lacking legislative authorization, that it grossly misunderstands this power and the underlying judicial doctrines, and ultimately that I argue “like a child.”

My book actually presents a new conception of administrative power, its history, and its unconstitutionality; as Vermeule has noted elsewhere, it offers a new paradigm. Readers therefore should take seriously the arguments against the book. They also, however, should recognize that …