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Establishing Religious Ideas: Evolution, Creationism, And Intelligent Design, Kent Greenawalt
Establishing Religious Ideas: Evolution, Creationism, And Intelligent Design, Kent Greenawalt
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In this article, I first sketch the basic conflict between evolutionary theory and creationism and describe the opposition of creationists to the teaching of standard evolutionary theory. I then state the basic educational and constitutional questions
about evolution, standard creationism, and "intelligent design." After exploring of five fundamental premises that, in combination, generate the most troubling questions about science, religion, and the public schools, I turn to claims of miracles. Like assertions that God has intervened in natural processes of development, these claims suppose that God transcends or violates scientific principles; their investigation suggests that scientific principles; their investigation suggests …
Robust Public Debate: Realizing Free Speech In Workplace Representation Elections, Kate Andrias
Robust Public Debate: Realizing Free Speech In Workplace Representation Elections, Kate Andrias
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The First Amendment stands as a guarantor of political freedom and as the “guardian of our democracy.” It seeks to expand the vitality of public discourse in order to enable Americans to become aware of the issues before them and to pursue their ends fully and freely. As the Supreme Court wrote in the canonical case of New York Times Co. v . Sullivan, the First Amendment’s function is to create the “uninhibited, robust and wide-open” public debate necessary for the exercise of self-governance.
The Amendment plays a prominent role in the regulation of workplace representation elections, the process …