July 31, 2021: Give Trump The Presidential Medal Of Freedom,
2021
Duquesne University
July 31, 2021: Give Trump The Presidential Medal Of Freedom, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Give Trump the Presidential Medal of Freedom“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
July 27, 2021: The Universe Is On Our Side Is Now On Sale On The Oup Website,
2021
Duquesne University
July 27, 2021: The Universe Is On Our Side Is Now On Sale On The Oup Website, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “The Universe Is on Our Side is now on sale on the OUP Website“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
July 27, 2021: Last Week's Column In Pennsylvania Capital-Star,
2021
Duquesne University
July 27, 2021: Last Week's Column In Pennsylvania Capital-Star, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “ Last Week's Column in Pennsylvania Capital-Star“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
Mr. Justice Breyer, Thank You For Your Service. Now Please Retire,
2021
Duquesne University
Mr. Justice Breyer, Thank You For Your Service. Now Please Retire, Bruce Ledewitz
Newspaper Columns
Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.
July 10, 2021: How To Raise A Secular Or A Religious Child,
2021
Duquesne University
July 10, 2021: How To Raise A Secular Or A Religious Child, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “How to Raise a Secular or a Religious Child“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
Fixing False Truths: Rethinking Truth Assumptions And Free-Expression Rationales In The Networked Era,
2021
William & Mary Law School
Fixing False Truths: Rethinking Truth Assumptions And Free-Expression Rationales In The Networked Era, Jared Schroeder
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
The First Amendment makes no mention of truth. Assumptions about truth, however, have become the foundations for free-expression rationales, the very bases for such freedoms in a democratic society. The Supreme Court gradually, over time, wedded Enlightenment assumptions about truth to the marketplace of ideas rationale for free expression. This Article examines, in light of massive, widespread adoption of networked technologies and AI and Supreme Court decisions that have undermined the distinctive role of truth, whether truth should be removed or replaced as a crucial, justifying concept in freedom of expression. The Article examines the marketplace approach’s history and assumptions, …
Yes, Allegheny Co. Da Zappala Should Resign Or Be Impeached. No, He Shouldn't Be The Target Of Legal Discipline,
2021
Duquesne University
Yes, Allegheny Co. Da Zappala Should Resign Or Be Impeached. No, He Shouldn't Be The Target Of Legal Discipline, Bruce Ledewitz
Newspaper Columns
Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.
July 8, 2021: Yes, Da Zappala Should Go But Not By A Legal Ethics Probe,
2021
Duquesne University
July 8, 2021: Yes, Da Zappala Should Go But Not By A Legal Ethics Probe, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Yes, DA Zappala should go but not by a legal ethics probe“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
What An Ethics Of Discourse And Recognition Can Contribute To A Critical Theory Of Refugee Claim Adjudication: Reclaiming Epistemic Justice For Gender-Based Asylum Seekers,
2021
Loyola University Chicago
What An Ethics Of Discourse And Recognition Can Contribute To A Critical Theory Of Refugee Claim Adjudication: Reclaiming Epistemic Justice For Gender-Based Asylum Seekers, David Ingram
Philosophy: Faculty Publications and Other Works
Abstract: Using examples drawn from gender-based asylum cases, this chapter examines how far recognition theory (RT) and discourse theory (DT) can guide social criticism of the judicial processing of women’s applications for protection under the Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) and subsequent protocols and guidelines put forward by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). I argue that these theories can guide social criticism only when combined with other ethical approaches. In addition to humanitarian and human rights law, these theories must rely upon ideas drawn from distributive, compensatory, and epistemic justice. Drawing from recent …
July 5, 2021: The Greatest Column Ross Douthat Ever Wrote,
2021
Duquesne University
July 5, 2021: The Greatest Column Ross Douthat Ever Wrote, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “The Greatest Column Ross Douthat Ever Wrote“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
July 4, 2021: Better Than July 4, 2020,
2021
Duquesne University
July 4, 2021: Better Than July 4, 2020, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Better Than July 4, 2020“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
July 3, 2021: Follow Up Column In The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle,
2021
Duquesne University
July 3, 2021: Follow Up Column In The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Follow up column in the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
Tailoring Public Health Policies,
2021
University of Denver
Tailoring Public Health Policies, Govind Persad
Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship
In an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19, many states and countries have adopted public health restrictions on activities previously considered commonplace: crossing state borders, eating indoors, gathering together, and even leaving one's home. These policies often focus on specific activities or groups, rather than imposing the same limits across the board. In this Article, I consider the law and ethics of these policies, which I call tailored policies.In Part II, I identify two types of tailored policies: activity-based and group-based. Activity-based restrictions respond to differences in the risks and benefits of specific activities, such as walking outdoors and …
Which America?: Judge Roger L. Gregory And The Tradition Of African-American Political Thought,
2021
University of Michigan Law School
Which America?: Judge Roger L. Gregory And The Tradition Of African-American Political Thought, Daniel Fryer
Washington and Lee Law Review
In this Article, written in connection with a symposium honoring Chief Judge Roger L. Gregory’s twenty years on the bench, I place Judge Gregory’s jurisprudence within the tradition of African-American political thought. I suggest that, at bottom, Judge Gregory has a leveling-up jurisprudence that seeks to interpret the Constitution in a way that ensures the least well-off in society are granted the same rights as the most privileged. This brand of democratic theorizing approximates a mainstream position by Black political theorists optimistically seeking to have the least well-off integrated into a fully equal society. By comparing and contrasting his work …
With Jews Under Attack, Here Is A Chance To Act,
2021
Duquesne University
With Jews Under Attack, Here Is A Chance To Act, Bruce Ledewitz
Ledewitz Papers
Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals.
We Are All Jews Now. To Fight Anti-Semitism, It’S Time To Don A Kippah,
2021
Duquesne University
We Are All Jews Now. To Fight Anti-Semitism, It’S Time To Don A Kippah, Bruce Ledewitz
Newspaper Columns
Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.
June 23, 2021: How To Respond To Anti-Semitic Attacks--This Week's Column,
2021
Duquesne University
June 23, 2021: How To Respond To Anti-Semitic Attacks--This Week's Column, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “How to Respond to Anti-Semitic Attacks--This Week's Column“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
June 21, 2021: What Is The Future Of Secularism?,
2021
Duquesne University
June 21, 2021: What Is The Future Of Secularism?, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “What is the Future of Secularism?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
“All Wrong In Point Of Political Economy”: Attempting To Salvage The Oikos From The Polis In Bleak House,
2021
Dartmouth College
“All Wrong In Point Of Political Economy”: Attempting To Salvage The Oikos From The Polis In Bleak House, Leah Casey
Independent Student Projects and Publications
This paper proposes that Dickens’s Bleak House is symptomatic of a so-called social realm, in which neither oikos nor polis exists as a distinct, autonomous entity; therefore, neither can offer sanctuary or adequately discharge the historical role of the household – maintaining life. In this zone of indistinction, the symbolic structures of London’s law have become the city’s physical structures, leading to symptoms like Jo the outlaw, whose illness and death is attributed to the failure of both the polis and the oikos – the city’s legal housekeeping and the law-as-house, respectively – to maintain life. London’s law has become …
June 9, 2021: We Need A Nov. 3 National Commission,
2021
Duquesne University
June 9, 2021: We Need A Nov. 3 National Commission, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “We Need a Nov. 3 National Commission“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
