The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) – the "Land Use" part anyway – governs the way local zoning restrictions may be applied to religious entities. It contains a few provisions to offer protection to churches,...
The 5th Circuit rejected an appeal by Christina Comer to reinstate her lawsuit against the Texas Education Agency, where she was formerly the Science Curriculum Director. Comer argued that the policy requiring her to remain "neutral" on matters relating to...
Supporters of the BJC – myself included – have an opportunity today and Saturday to make a powerful impact. Generous donors have offered to match any contributions received between now and July 4. I won't take up lots of your reading time to make the...
Finding the law to violate all three elements of the Lemon test, Judge Michael Baylson struck down a Pennsylvania blasphemy statute. The 1977 law prohibited corporate names from including blasphemous or profane words. In his 68-page opinion in Kalman v. Cortes , U.S....
All week, I've been glued to my best friend C-Span for the Supreme Court confirmation hearings (see my transcript of her remarks on religious liberty here; and liveblogs: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3). Somehow though, the world did not stop. A special thanks to the crack...
Late in the morning session of Day 3 of her confirmation hearings, Elena Kagan was questioned about the religious freedom clauses of the First Amendment. Responding to Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), she confessed that how to interpret the Establishment Clause is a...
