The Religious Liberty Appellate Clinic at St. Thomas has filed an amicus brief supporting the petition for certiorari in a case involving copyright royalties and religious
freedom--which also turns out to be important concerning meaningful judicial review of agency determinations that affect First Amendment and religious-freedom rights. [...]
At the Law & Liberty site this morning, I review a new documentary on the history of religious freedom in America, “Free Exercise.” The film shows how minority religious
communities–Catholics, Mormons, and others–have changed America over time. But, I argue, America has changed minority religions as well. [...]
Modernity, most people think, implies the separation of the state and religion. That has certainly been the case in the Christian West. But it has not been the case elsewhere,
including in many Muslim-majority countries. Islam has never divided religion and the state in the same way the Christian West has, of course, and many states where [...]
Scholars have noted the link between nineteenth-century Transcendentalists and twenty-first century Nones. In fact, you might think of Nones–it’s more correct to call them
Spiritual Independents–as the New Thoreaus. A new book from the University of Chicago Press, The Delight Makers: Anglo-American Metaphysical Religion and the Pursuit [...]
Mark Rienzi (CUA and Becket) has shared with Mirror of Justice the following report and analysis: Transgender cases hit SCOTUS This week, the Supreme Court is set to consider
several cases dealing with the hot-button topic of gender transitions for minors. Although this has been a major political firestorm for the last couple of years, [...]
The Program on Church, State & Society at Notre Dame Law School is pleased to announce its annual writing competition on topics and questions within the Program’s focus.
This writing competition requests student-authored scholarly papers and will honor winners with cash awards. [...]
That colleague is Prof. Elizabeth Kirk, a family law expert. Kevin, Elizabeth, and I tackle statutory interpretation, tort law, family law, and law and religion (this was recorded
before the Alabama state legislature took action in proposing new legislation, but don't miss Kevin's smart prognostication on this front). [...]
I've posted a new paper, The Death and New Life of Law and Religion. The draft reflects on the history of the field in the United States and its present condition in what,
it argues, is a moment of transition for it. Here is the abstract. The year 2023 was an end and a beginning. [...]