As I mentioned in the post below, one of the cases the Supreme Court will hear in the next term involves a large memorial cross on the Mojave National Preserve. In Salazar v. Buono, the plaintiff, a Roman Catholic former employee at the Preserve, objects to the...
No surprise here, but C-Span is confirming that Judge Sonia Sotomayor now has commitments of support from enough Senators to ensure her confirmation some time later this week. One of the cases she will hear in her first term is Salazar v. Buono, a case of tortured...
Reverend Jonathan Falwell, son of the late Jerry Falwell and pastor of Lynchburg, VA's Thomas Road Baptist Church, delivered the prayer opening the House of Representatives Wednesday. As AU's Sandhya Bathija noted though, Falwell's actual invocation...
Reports detailing the health reform legislation currently winding through legislative committees indicate a likelihood the bill will include a mandate for individuals to obtain health insurance. CQPolitics' Maura Reynolds, however, writes today that an exemption...
A panel of the Fifth Circuit ruled Friday that Euless, Texas was wrong to bar Santeria priest Jose Merced from performing animal sacrifice he claims is central to his faith, overturning the trial court's decision in favor of the city. Citing the government's...
In an op-ed in today's Tampa Tribune, BJC Director Brent Walker responds to a Florida billboard campaign using flawed history and dubious quotes attributed to George Washington and others in denouncing the separation of church and state. When those with an agenda...
