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April 6, 2014: The Death Of A Grandmother, Bruce Ledewitz Apr 2014

April 6, 2014: The Death Of A Grandmother, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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


April 3, 2014: Now Get Rid Of The $2600 Limit, Bruce Ledewitz Apr 2014

April 3, 2014: Now Get Rid Of The $2600 Limit, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Now Get Rid of the $2600 Limit“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Taking States (And Metaphysics) Seriously, Sanford Levinson Apr 2014

Taking States (And Metaphysics) Seriously, Sanford Levinson

Michigan Law Review

Sotirios A. Barber has written many incisive and important books, in addition to coediting an especially interesting casebook on constitutional law and interpretation. He is also a political theorist. An important part of his overall approach to constitutional theory is his philosophical commitment to “moral realism.” He believes in the metaphysical reality of moral and political truths, the most important of which, for any constitutional theorist, involve the meanings of justice and the common good. He not only believes in the ontological reality of such truths — that is, that these truths are more than mere human conventions or social …


March 28, 2014: Nihilism At The Heart Of Secularism, Bruce Ledewitz Mar 2014

March 28, 2014: Nihilism At The Heart Of Secularism, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Nihilism at the Heart of Secularism“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


March 25, 2014: What’S Going To Happen In The Hobby Lobby Case?, Bruce Ledewitz Mar 2014

March 25, 2014: What’S Going To Happen In The Hobby Lobby Case?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “What’s Going to Happen in the Hobby Lobby Case?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


March 22, 2014: Death, Bruce Ledewitz Mar 2014

March 22, 2014: Death, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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


March 16, 2014: The New Cosmos Series Plays Out The Old Culture Wars, Bruce Ledewitz Mar 2014

March 16, 2014: The New Cosmos Series Plays Out The Old Culture Wars, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The New Cosmos Series Plays Out the Old Culture Wars“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


March 14, 2014: How Much Damage Has Nihilism Done?, Bruce Ledewitz Mar 2014

March 14, 2014: How Much Damage Has Nihilism Done?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “ How Much Damage Has Nihilism Done?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


March 11, 2014: Re-Post Of Gay Marriage Op-Ed, Bruce Ledewitz Mar 2014

March 11, 2014: Re-Post Of Gay Marriage Op-Ed, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Re-Post of Gay Marriage op-ed“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Pa. Gay Marriage With An Exemption, Bruce Ledewitz Mar 2014

Pa. Gay Marriage With An Exemption, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

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


March 9, 2014: The Hypocrisy Of Senator Toomey, The Cowardice Of Senator Casey, Bruce Ledewitz Mar 2014

March 9, 2014: The Hypocrisy Of Senator Toomey, The Cowardice Of Senator Casey, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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


March 4, 2014: Ross Douthat’S Surrender Column, Bruce Ledewitz Mar 2014

March 4, 2014: Ross Douthat’S Surrender Column, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Ross Douthat’s Surrender Column“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


March 1, 2014: The Attack On Douglas Laycock, Bruce Ledewitz Mar 2014

March 1, 2014: The Attack On Douglas Laycock, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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


February 25, 2014: How Does The Secular World Do Without God?, Bruce Ledewitz Feb 2014

February 25, 2014: How Does The Secular World Do Without God?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “How Does the Secular World Do without God?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


February 20, 2014: A Norm Free Space/A Mathematical Universe, Bruce Ledewitz Feb 2014

February 20, 2014: A Norm Free Space/A Mathematical Universe, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “A Norm Free Space/a Mathematical Universe“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


February 16, 2014: Not Joining A Union/Not Marrying, Bruce Ledewitz Feb 2014

February 16, 2014: Not Joining A Union/Not Marrying, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Not Joining a Union/Not Marrying“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


February 11, 2014: The Un Committee On The Rights Of The Child, Bruce Ledewitz Feb 2014

February 11, 2014: The Un Committee On The Rights Of The Child, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


February 9, 2014: The Death Of Meaning, Bruce Ledewitz Feb 2014

February 9, 2014: The Death Of Meaning, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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


February 6, 2014: Religion Is A Lie, Bruce Ledewitz Feb 2014

February 6, 2014: Religion Is A Lie, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Religion is a Lie“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


February 2, 2014: The California Drought, Bruce Ledewitz Feb 2014

February 2, 2014: The California Drought, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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


January 29, 2014: God And Truth, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2014

January 29, 2014: God And Truth, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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


January 26, 2014: How The Christian Story Works, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2014

January 26, 2014: How The Christian Story Works, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “How the Christian Story Works“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


January 21, 2014: Is Evil Real?, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2014

January 21, 2014: Is Evil Real?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “ Is Evil Real?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


January 17, 2014: Barth, The Jews And The Crucifixion, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2014

January 17, 2014: Barth, The Jews And The Crucifixion, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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


January 12, 2014: The God Belief Of Martin Gardner, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2014

January 12, 2014: The God Belief Of Martin Gardner, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The God Belief of Martin Gardner“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


January 10, 2014: Conservative Hypocrisy On Free Speech, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2014

January 10, 2014: Conservative Hypocrisy On Free Speech, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “ Conservative Hypocrisy on Free Speech“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


January 2, 2014: Happy New Year From The Train, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2014

January 2, 2014: Happy New Year From The Train, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Happy New Year From the Train“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Experimenting With Religious Liberty: The Quasi-Constitutional Status Of Religious Exemptions, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2014

Experimenting With Religious Liberty: The Quasi-Constitutional Status Of Religious Exemptions, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

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


The Vietnam Draft Cases And The Pro-Religion Equality Project, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2014

The Vietnam Draft Cases And The Pro-Religion Equality Project, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

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


On Creativity In Constitutional Interpretation, Pierre Schlag Jan 2014

On Creativity In Constitutional Interpretation, Pierre Schlag

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In the present article a particular aspect of constitutional interpretation will be considered. This aspect is called "creative" and involves retrieving the meaning of an object of interpretation. It is with regard to this particular aspect or moment of interpretation that creativity is often viewed as something to be avoided, to be shunned. If the task at hand is to "retrieve" some meaning, then the idea that this meaning can be created, in whole or in part, seems quite simply antithetical to the enterprise at hand. It suffices to note that many jurists and legal thinkers believe that interpretation as …