Despite being the primary issue raised in opposition to his nomination, the Senate Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearing today yielded no exchanges on church-state issues with Judge David Hamilton (nor for that matter with the other appellate nominee in the...
Calling the current state of debate a "stalemate", the Center for American Progress hosted an event Tuesday on "The Question of Conscience". CAP's panel – which included Melissa Rogers and Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite –...
When broadcast news organizations try to tackle a church-state problem, I'm of two minds about it: gratified for the attention given to the issue, but nervous that the constitutional questions won't get a fair or accurate portrayal. In its story on the...
As ranking member on the Judiciary Committee, Arlen Specter has been a key voice for several years in determining which federal judicial nominations move through the process and which do not. Now that he has switched parties, and that central committee is poised to...
Cross monuments with some form of government sponsorship are winding their way through the court system amid church-state challenges. There are crosses memorializing veterans, crosses marking fallen state troopers, crosses so large they make Roy Moore's 1-ton Ten...
Former Navy Chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt has made a name for himself arguing that military chaplains should be able to offer denominational invocations when praying in their official capacity at mandatory event. In fact, his refusal to concede this point...
