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July 19, 2019: Justice Stevens R.I.P., Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Justice Stevens R.I.P.“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

July 14, 2019: Adam Gopnik Vs David Frum, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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

July 4, 2019: Happy Fourth, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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

Scotus Gerrymandering Case: Roberts Didn’T Defend Constitutional Democracy, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.

The United Nations Compensation Commission: Mass Reparations Apotheosis, Gregory Townsend

Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review

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Legal Education In The United States: Moving Toward More Practical Experience, Hon. Sandra R. Klein

Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review

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June 29, 2019: All Our Problems Are Related, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “All Our Problems are Related“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

June 27, 2019: Sohrab Ahmari Doesn’T Believe In God, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Sohrab Ahmari Doesn’t Believe in God“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

Could A Robot Be District Attorney?, Stephen Henderson

Other Faculty Publications

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June 23, 2019: All The Justices Get Religion Wrong Again, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “All the Justices Get Religion Wrong Again“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

June 22, 2019: What The Supreme Court Should Have Said, But Didn't, In The Maryland Cross Case, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “What the Supreme Court Should Have Said, But Didn't, in the Maryland Cross Case“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

Transparency Trade-Offs Priority Setting, Scarcity, And Health Fairness, Govind Persad

Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship

This chapter argues that rather than viewing transparency as a right, we should regard it as a finite resource whose allocation involves tradeoffs. It then argues that those tradeoffs should be resolved by using a multi-principle approach to distributive justice. The relevant principles include maximizing welfare, maximizing autonomy, and giving priority to the worst off. Finally, it examines some of the implications for law of recognizing the tradeoffs presented by transparency proposals.

The Semantics And Pragmatics Of Legal Statements, Michael S. Green

Popular Media

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June 15, 2019: The Age Of Pessimism, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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

June 8, 2019: The No-Prosecution Pledge, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The No-Prosecution Pledge“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

Brief Of Amicus Curiae 290 Criminal Law And Mental Health Law Professors In Support Of Petitioner's Request For Reversal And Remand, Kahler V. Kansas, 18-6135 (U.S. June 6, 2019), Paul F. Rothstein

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Amici curiae are a group of philosophically and politically diverse law school professors and scholars in the fields of criminal law and mental health from a variety of disciplines who have been teaching and writing about the insanity defense and related issues throughout their careers. They include the authors of leading criminal law and mental health law treatises and casebooks and numerous important scholarly books and articles.

Amici believe this case raises important questions about principles of criminal responsibility, the integral role of the insanity defense in Anglo-American law, and the inadequacy of the “mens rea alternative” to the traditional …

June 5, 2019: Babbling Barr, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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

June 1, 2019: King Trump, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

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

May 19, 2019: The Universe Doesn’T Care About Your Purpose, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Universe Doesn’t Care About Your Purpose“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

May 15, 2019: What Impeachment And Court-Packing Have In Common, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “What Impeachment and Court-packing Have in Common“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.