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August 14, 2011: The Fourth Circuit Gets A Prayer Decision Wrong, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Fourth Circuit Gets a Prayer Decision Wrong“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

August 11, 2011: Governor Rick Perry’S Prayer Event, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Governor Rick Perry’s Prayer Event“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

August 7, 2011: Downgrading The Downgraders, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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

July 20, 2011: This Proposed Constitutional Amendment Shows Contempt For Democracy, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “This Proposed Constitutional Amendment Shows Contempt for Democracy“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

July 5, 2011: Happy Fourth Of July, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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.

Aryans, Gender, And American Politics, Robert L. Tsai

Faculty Scholarship

This short essay discusses some of the ways in which the Aryan movement in America activates gendered beliefs for the goal of legal, political, and cultural transformation. In recent years, the community has moved from common law theories of white sovereignty to more robust forms of racial constitutionalism. The piece is drawn from "America's Forgotten Constitutions: Defiant Visions of Power and Community" (forthcoming Harvard University Press, 2014).

Sandel On Religion In The Public Square, Hugh Baxter

Faculty Scholarship

In the final chapter of "Justice" (2009), Sandel calls for a “new politics of the common good,” which he presents as an alternative to John Rawls’s idea of public reason. Sandel calls “misguided” Rawls’s search for “principles of justice that are neutral among competing conceptions of the good life.” According to Sandel, “[i]t is not always possible to define our rights and duties without taking up substantive moral questions; and even when it’s possible it may not be desirable.” In taking up these moral questions, Sandel writes, we must allow specifically religious convictions and reasons into the sphere of public …

June 29, 2011: Don’T Liberals Have A Hatred For Public References To God?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Don’t Liberals Have a Hatred for Public References to God?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

June 26, 2011: The Political Irresponsibility Of Douglas Laycock, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Political Irresponsibility of Douglas Laycock“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

Obama's Woes, Kenneth Lasson

All Faculty Scholarship

This short op-ed piece discusses Barack Obama's presidency, particularly with regard to Jewish issues and with Israel and the Middle East. The writer offers his rationale why the President's support among Jewish voters is slipping.

June 12, 2011: Graduation Prayer And The Defense Of Secular Government, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Graduation Prayer and the Defense of Secular Government“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

June 10, 2011: What Are The True Sources Of Wealth?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “What Are the True Sources of Wealth?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

Report Surveys Colorado River Basin Leaders: Collaborative Approaches To Dwindling Supplies Are Highlighted, Sarah Bates, University Of Montana Missoula. Center For Natural Resources And Environmental Policy

Navigating the Future of the Colorado River (Martz Summer Conference, June 8-10)

4 pages.

Press release "April 14, 2011"

"Executive Summary April 2011" of report, Thinking Like a River Basin: Leaders' Perspectives on Options and Opportunities in Colorado River Management

Full report available at:

http://www.carpediemwest.org/wp-content/uploads/Thinking_Like_A_River_Basin_8-20-13.pdf

June 3, 2011: The Debt Limit Is Somehow A Theological Dispute, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Debt Limit is Somehow a Theological Dispute“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

June Roundtable: Human Rights In Central America, Introduction, Claudia Fuentes

Human Rights & Human Welfare

An annotation of:

“The Tormented Isthmus ”. The Economist. April 14 2011.

May 30, 2011: Happy Memorial Day, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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

It’S Time To Reconsider Graduation Prayer In Public High Schools, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

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

May 24, 2011: What Exactly Happened Today When Netanyahu Addressed Congress?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “What Exactly Happened Today When Netanyahu Addressed Congress?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

May 3, 2011: The Military Killed The Man Responsible For The Sneak Attack On America, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Military Killed the Man Responsible for the Sneak Attack on America“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

April 29, 2011: Courageous Senator Bob Casey, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Courageous Senator Bob Casey“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

April 22, 2011: Conservative Christians Discover The Separation Of Church And State, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Conservative Christians Discover the Separation of Church and State“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

April 9, 2011: Mixing Church And State, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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

April 2, 2011: The Great Separation, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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

Mcdonald, Dan Allyn, 1905-1974 - Collector (Mss 343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 343. Correspondence, legal papers, financial records and sundry other documents related to Eugene Scott Brown and his father-in-law, Gilbert Marshall Mulligan, attorneys of Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky. Also includes stray Allen County court records, research notes related to the Civil War, and records about early telephone service in Allen County.

Why Do Some Nations Have More Renewable Energy Policies?, Melissa Dahl

Political Science Theses and Capstones

Some nations have considerably more renewable energy policies than others and this research is attempting to discover why. Renewable energy use is quickly growing in our world and has become a major topic in today’s politics. Existing literature suggests various theories as to why some nations have more renewable energy policies than others. I test these theories with data from two major data sources; REN21, the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century, and the International Energy Agency. I anticipate that nations with a larger number of effective political parties, higher GDPs, and larger population would have more renewable …

Peter Aucoin, Mark D.Jarvis &Lori Turnbull, Democratizing The Constitution: Reforming Responsible Government, Gregory Tardi

Dalhousie Law Journal

In the aftermath of the Prorogation of Parliament on December 4, 2008, upon the advice of Prime Minister Stephen Harper to then Governor General Michaelle Jean, a particular theme in Canadian literature about governance has flourished. This theme is the influence ofconstitutionalism, democracy and legitimacy on government and politics. In the view of many scholars there is a serious imbalance between the executive branch on one hand and the legislative branch on the other. The sense ofimbalance has generated proposals for changes to the practice of Westminster-style parliamentary democracy in the service of democratic legitimacy.

Islam, Judaism And The Murders At Itamar, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

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

March 24, 2011: The Challenge To Obamacare Is Secular—As Is The Defense Of Abortion, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Challenge to Obamacare is Secular—As is the Defense of Abortion“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

What About The Morality Of Torture, Results Aside?, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

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

March 10, 2011: Islam Just Like Other Religions—For Good And Ill, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Islam Just Like Other Religions—For Good and Ill“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.