July 12, 2012: What Is Law School For?,
2012
Duquesne University
July 12, 2012: What Is Law School For?, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “What is Law School For?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
July 8, 2012: If The Higgs Boson Particle Affected Capitalism,
2012
Duquesne University
July 8, 2012: If The Higgs Boson Particle Affected Capitalism, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “ If the Higgs Boson Particle Affected Capitalism“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
July 4, 2012: How To Be Religious,
2012
Duquesne University
July 4, 2012: How To Be Religious, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “How to be Religious“ 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,
2012
Duquesne University
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.
Exile On Main Street: Competing Traditions And Due Process Dissent,
2012
University of Baltimore School of Law
Exile On Main Street: Competing Traditions And Due Process Dissent, Colin Starger
All Faculty Scholarship
Everybody loves great dissents. Professors teach them, students learn from them, and journalists quote them. Yet legal scholars have long puzzled over how dissents actually impact the development of doctrine. Recent work by notable empirical scholars proposes to measure the influence of dissents by reference to their subsequent citation in case law. This Article challenges the theoretical basis for this empirical approach and argues that it fails to account for the profound influence that uncited dissents have exerted in law. To overcome this gap in the empirical approach, this Article proposes an alternative method that permits analysis of contextual and …
Constitutional And Religious Redemption: Assessing Jack Balkin's Call For A 'Constitutional Project’,
2012
Boston University School of Law
Constitutional And Religious Redemption: Assessing Jack Balkin's Call For A 'Constitutional Project’, Linda C. Mcclain
Faculty Scholarship
I begin with a disclaimer: I am not a constitutional theorist. I haven’t even played one on TV. But according to Professor Jack Balkin’s ambitious new book Living Originalism, that should not stop me from engaging in what he calls “the constitutional project,” in which I, along with others, attempt to interpret – indeed, to redeem – the U.S. constitution.1 Living Originalism pairs two intriguing ideas: a “constitutional project” and “constitutional redemption.” I am excited by the notion of a project, and of a constitutional project in particular. In my work for at least a decade I have used the …
June 28, 2012: Materialism, The Supernatural And The More,
2012
Duquesne University
June 28, 2012: Materialism, The Supernatural And The More, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “ Materialism, the Supernatural and the More“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
June 25, 2012: Having It Both Ways On The Iranian Fatwa,
2012
Duquesne University
June 25, 2012: Having It Both Ways On The Iranian Fatwa, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Having It Both Ways on the Iranian Fatwa“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
June 21, 2012: The Misuse Of Religious Exemptions,
2012
Duquesne University
June 21, 2012: The Misuse Of Religious Exemptions, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “The Misuse of Religious Exemptions“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
June 17, 2012: My First Fatherless Father’S Day,
2012
Duquesne University
June 17, 2012: My First Fatherless Father’S Day, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “My First Fatherless Father’s Day“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
June 14, 2012: Do We Have Any Player As Good As Jesus?,
2012
Duquesne University
June 14, 2012: Do We Have Any Player As Good As Jesus?, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Do We Have Any Player as Good as Jesus?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
June 10, 2012: Cut Off From Blame And Punishment,
2012
Duquesne University
June 10, 2012: Cut Off From Blame And Punishment, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Cut Off from Blame and Punishment“ 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?,
2012
Duquesne University
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,
2012
Duquesne University
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,
2012
Duquesne University
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 27, 2012: Happy Memorial Day,
2012
Duquesne University
May 27, 2012: 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.
May 24, 2012: What Is The Right Term For Nonmembers Of Organized Religion?,
2012
Duquesne University
May 24, 2012: What Is The Right Term For Nonmembers Of Organized Religion?, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “What Is the Right Term for Nonmembers of Organized Religion?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
May 21, 2012: Raimon Panikkar On Church And State,
2012
Duquesne University
May 21, 2012: Raimon Panikkar On Church And State, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Raimon Panikkar on Church and State“ 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,
2012
Duquesne University
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.
May 9, 2012: The Future Of Secularism,
2012
Duquesne University
May 9, 2012: The Future Of Secularism, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “The Future of Secularism“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
