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May 27, 2011: Time To Rethink Public School Prayer, Bruce Ledewitz 2011 Duquesne University

May 27, 2011: Time To Rethink Public School Prayer, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Time to Rethink Public School Prayer“ 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 2011 Duquesne University

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.


Summary Of Clean Water Coal. V. The M Resort, 127 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 24, Marissa Pensabene 2011 Nevada Law Journal

Summary Of Clean Water Coal. V. The M Resort, 127 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 24, Marissa Pensabene

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

An appeal from a district court’s judgment that declared Assembly Bill 6 (“A.B. 6”), section 18, constitutional under the Nevada Constitution.


How Should Elected Judges Interpret Statutes?, Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl 2011 William & Mary Law School

How Should Elected Judges Interpret Statutes?, Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl

Popular Media

No abstract provided.


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

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.


State Law Holocaust-Era Art Claims And Federal Executive Power, Jennifer Anglim Kreder 2011 Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

State Law Holocaust-Era Art Claims And Federal Executive Power, Jennifer Anglim Kreder

NULR Online

No abstract provided.


May 21, 2011: Emanuel David, Bruce Ledewitz 2011 Duquesne University

May 21, 2011: Emanuel David, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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


May 18, 2011: All Things Shining, Bruce Ledewitz 2011 Duquesne University

May 18, 2011: All Things Shining, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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


May 15, 2011: More On Torture, Bruce Ledewitz 2011 Duquesne University

May 15, 2011: More On Torture, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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


May 11, 2011: Still Restricting What Religious People Are Allowed To Say, Bruce Ledewitz 2011 Duquesne University

May 11, 2011: Still Restricting What Religious People Are Allowed To Say, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Still Restricting What Religious People Are Allowed to Say“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


May 11, 2011: Still Restricting What Religious People Are Allowed To Say, Bruce Ledewitz 2011 Duquesne University

May 11, 2011: Still Restricting What Religious People Are Allowed To Say, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Still Restricting What Religious People Are Allowed to Say“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


May 8, 2011: Torture Works, Bruce Ledewitz 2011 Duquesne University

May 8, 2011: Torture Works, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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


Atkins V. Virginia: National Consensus Or Six-Person Opinion?, Joanna Hall 2011 American University Washington College of Law

Atkins V. Virginia: National Consensus Or Six-Person Opinion?, Joanna Hall

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Injunction Junction: Enjoining Free Speech After Madsen, Schenck, And Hill, Tiffany Keast 2011 American University Washington College of Law

Injunction Junction: Enjoining Free Speech After Madsen, Schenck, And Hill, Tiffany Keast

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


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

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.


Obama's Failed Attempt To Close Gitmo: Why Executive Orders Can't Bring About Systemic Change, Erin B. Corcoran 2011 University of New Hampshire School of Law

Obama's Failed Attempt To Close Gitmo: Why Executive Orders Can't Bring About Systemic Change, Erin B. Corcoran

Law Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


May 1, 2011: Religion, Guns And Racism, Bruce Ledewitz 2011 Duquesne University

May 1, 2011: Religion, Guns And Racism, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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


Judicial Reform, Constitutionalism And The Rule Of Law In Zambia: From A Justice System To A Just System, Muna Ndulo 2011 Cornell Law School

Judicial Reform, Constitutionalism And The Rule Of Law In Zambia: From A Justice System To A Just System, Muna Ndulo

Zambia Social Science Journal

In Zambia it is generally agreed on by all stakeholders that the judicial system needs reform to make it more accountable, independent, and able to deliver justice efficiently and effectively. This article discusses judicial reform in the context of the independence of the judiciary. It tries to unpack the term judicial reform. It argues that for the rule of law and constitutionalism to prevail it is crucial that the judiciary is independent and there is separation of powers between the executive and the judiciary, and legislature and the judiciary. For judges to be personally and substantively independent they need security …


A Machine Made Of Words: Our Incompletely Theorized Constitution, Gregory Brazeal 2011 Harvard Law School

A Machine Made Of Words: Our Incompletely Theorized Constitution, Gregory Brazeal

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

[Excerpt]”Many scholars have observed that the Constitution of the United States can be understood as an example of what Cass Sunstein calls an “incompletely theorized agreement.” The Constitution contains a number of extremely general terms, such as “liberty,” “necessary and proper,” and “due process.” The Framers of the Constitution, it is suggested, did not attempt to specify precisely how each of these principles would operate in every case. On this view, the Constitution is incompletely theorized in the sense of representing “a comfortable and even emphatic agreement on a general principle, accompanied by sharp disagreement about particular cases.” For example, …


How Elevation Of Corporate Free Speech Rights Affects Legality Of Network Neutrality, Barbara A. Cherry 2011 Indiana University

How Elevation Of Corporate Free Speech Rights Affects Legality Of Network Neutrality, Barbara A. Cherry

Federal Communications Law Journal

In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010), the U.S. Supreme Court overruled a century of precedent to hold that corporations must be treated identically to natural persons with regard to political speech. This Article describes how the Court's decision is a radical departure from history that mirrors the FCC's flawed analysis in its classification of broadband Internet access services as an information service with no separable telecommunications component subject to common carriage regulation. Overall, the combinatorial effect of Citizens United and the FCC's classification of broadband access service as an information service is to elevate the constitutional free speech …


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