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December 20, 2012: No, God Has Not Called Them Home, Bruce Ledewitz
December 20, 2012: No, God Has Not Called Them Home, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “No, God Has Not Called Them Home“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
December 16, 2012: Heller Is Good News For Gun Control, Bruce Ledewitz
December 16, 2012: Heller Is Good News For Gun Control, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Heller is Good News for Gun Control“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
December 12, 2012: Bringing Wal-Mart Jobs To Michigan, Bruce Ledewitz
December 12, 2012: Bringing Wal-Mart Jobs To Michigan, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Bringing Wal-Mart Jobs to Michigan“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
December 8, 2012: Another Challenge From Religious Conscience, Bruce Ledewitz
December 8, 2012: Another Challenge From Religious Conscience, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Another Challenge From Religious Conscience“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
December 5, 2012: Is Abortion Next?, Bruce Ledewitz
December 5, 2012: Is Abortion Next?, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Is Abortion Next?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
November 27, 2012: A Compromise On The Contraception Mandate?, Bruce Ledewitz
November 27, 2012: A Compromise On The Contraception Mandate?, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “A Compromise on the Contraception Mandate?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
November 14, 2012: No, Corporations Do Not Have Religious Rights, Bruce Ledewitz
November 14, 2012: No, Corporations Do Not Have Religious Rights, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “No, Corporations Do Not Have Religious Rights“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
November 9, 2012: Time To Repeal Campaign Contribution Limits, Bruce Ledewitz
November 9, 2012: Time To Repeal Campaign Contribution Limits, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Time to Repeal Campaign Contribution Limits“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
August 24, 2012: Abortion And Rape, Bruce Ledewitz
August 24, 2012: Abortion And Rape, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Abortion and Rape“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
July 1, 2012: The Significance Of The Obamacare Decision, Bruce Ledewitz
July 1, 2012: The Significance Of The Obamacare Decision, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “The Significance of the Obamacare Decision“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
June 8, 2012: How Do The Draft Cases Aid In Resolution Of The Culture Wars?, Bruce Ledewitz
June 8, 2012: How Do The Draft Cases Aid In Resolution Of The Culture Wars?, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “How Do the Draft Cases Aid in Resolution of the Culture Wars?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
June 2, 2012: Massachusetts V. United States Department Of Health And Human Services, Bruce Ledewitz
June 2, 2012: Massachusetts V. United States Department Of Health And Human Services, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “ MASSACHUSETTS v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
May 30, 2012: Seeger—An Extraordinary Case, Bruce Ledewitz
May 30, 2012: Seeger—An Extraordinary Case, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Seeger—an Extraordinary Case“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
May 15, 2012: Religion At Occupy Wall Street, Bruce Ledewitz
May 15, 2012: Religion At Occupy Wall Street, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Religion at Occupy Wall Street“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
April 20, 2012: Back To The Bishops, Bruce Ledewitz
April 20, 2012: Back To The Bishops, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Back to the Bishops“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
April 4, 2012: Samuel Moyn’S Questions About Church, State, And The Crisis In American Secularism, Bruce Ledewitz
April 4, 2012: Samuel Moyn’S Questions About Church, State, And The Crisis In American Secularism, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Samuel Moyn’s Questions about Church, State, and the Crisis in American Secularism“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
March 30, 2012: A Fundamental Rights Case Masquerading As A Commerce Clause Case, Bruce Ledewitz
March 30, 2012: A Fundamental Rights Case Masquerading As A Commerce Clause Case, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “A Fundamental Rights Case Masquerading as a Commerce Clause Case“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
March 11, 2012: Are Any Other Pro-Life People Outraged And Embarrassed?, Bruce Ledewitz
March 11, 2012: Are Any Other Pro-Life People Outraged And Embarrassed?, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Are Any Other Pro-Life People Outraged and Embarrassed?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
February 16, 2012: Do Pacifists Have To Pay All Their Federal Taxes?, Bruce Ledewitz
February 16, 2012: Do Pacifists Have To Pay All Their Federal Taxes?, Bruce Ledewitz
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Blog post, “Do Pacifists Have to Pay All Their Federal Taxes?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
January 12, 2012: The New Foundations Of The Ministerial Exception, Bruce Ledewitz
January 12, 2012: The New Foundations Of The Ministerial Exception, Bruce Ledewitz
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Blog post, “The New Foundations of the Ministerial Exception“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
Toward A Meaning-Full Establishment Clause Neutrality, Bruce Ledewitz
Toward A Meaning-Full Establishment Clause Neutrality, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals.
Robert Taylor, An Appreciation, Bruce Ledewitz
Robert Taylor, An Appreciation, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals.
Law, Philosophy, And Civil Disobedience: The Laws' Speech In Plato's 'Crito', Steven Thomason
Law, Philosophy, And Civil Disobedience: The Laws' Speech In Plato's 'Crito', Steven Thomason
Articles
Plato's 'Crito' is an examination of the tension between political science, a life devoted to the rational discourse and the critique of politics, and the demands of allegiance and service to the city. The argument Socrates makes in the name of the laws is not just meant to persuade Crito. Rather, it is a philosophic defense of the city itself, the philosophic response to Socrates' own speech in the Apology defending philosophy. This speech reveals the dangers and problems of a life devoted to philosophy when reason is directed to politics and calls into question the values and way of …
Experimental Pragmatism In The Third Globalization, Justin Desautels-Stein
Experimental Pragmatism In The Third Globalization, Justin Desautels-Stein
Publications
Pragmatism dominates contemporary legal thought, but knowing this isn’t knowing so much. Legal pragmatism means different things to different people, and as this essay argues, minimalist and experimentalist forms of regulation both share a broadly pragmatic sensibility about law and democracy. As a consequence, we need to tease out the various threads of legal pragmatism in the hope of distinguishing the pragmatisms that work from the ones that don’t, or less pragmatically, the ones that are just from the ones that are not. This knowledge will come from an ongoing assessment of the political stakes immanent in the pragmatisms, and …
Political Disobedience, Bernard E. Harcourt
Political Disobedience, Bernard E. Harcourt
Faculty Scholarship
The political phenomenon that was born in Zuccotti Park in the fall of 2011 and spread rapidly across the nation and abroad immediately challenged our vocabulary, our grammar, our political categories – in short, our very language of politics. Although it was quickly apparent that a political paradigm shift had taken place before our eyes, it was hard to discern what Occupy Wall Street really represented, politically. It is time to begin to name this phenomenon and in naming to better understand it. So let me propose a term: political disobedience.