Contraceptive mandate oral arguments shed light on underreported issues
By General Counsel K. Hollyn Hollman
Concerns about discrimination doom Arizona legislation
By K. Hollyn Hollman, General Counsel
How did Arizona legislation that looked pretty similar to many other religious freedom statutes grab the national spotlight and get characterized by some as a license to discriminate?
Chaplains educate lawmakers on religious freedom in the military
By Holly Hollman, General Counsel
Despite suggestions from some members of Congress of religious freedom strains in the military, a recent congressional hearing failed to reveal significant problems.
From the February 2014 Report from the Capital.
BJC supports strong legal standard in contraceptive mandate cases
By Holly Hollman, General Counsel
The Obama administration’s contraceptive mandate — the requirement, under the Affordable Care Act, that most employer-provided health insurance plans cover all FDA-approved methods of contraception — continues to stir controversy and spawn new lawsuits at a dizzying rate.
From the January 2014 Report from the Capital
Supreme Court examines government prayer practices
By BJC General Counsel K. Hollyn Hollman
Is prayer at government meetings simply a historical aberration notwithstanding the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause, or is it justified by some rational explanation?
From the November/December Report from the Capital
