BJC’s Jennifer Hawks to Kavanaugh: Reconsider Your Opposition to Church-State Separation
Judge Kavanaugh has said that the idea of a “wall of separation” between church and state “is wrong as a matter of law and history.”
Judge Kavanaugh has said that the idea of a “wall of separation” between church and state “is wrong as a matter of law and history.”
Ahead of next month’s Senate confirmation hearings, the BJC’s Holly Hollman writes in helpful detail about the religious liberty record of Brett Kavanaugh and Justice Anthony Kennedy.
The BJC does not endorse or oppose Supreme Court nominees, but General Counsel Holly Hollman notes that Judge Kavanaugh’s admiration for Justice Kennedy might be an indication of his approach on the bench.
The facts of Masterpiece Cakeshop and the Travel Ban cases are wildly different. But is there inconsistency between the rulings? A new column by Eliot Mincburg argues yes.
At the end of their term last week, the Supreme Court issued an order denying a request to hear a pair of legislative prayer cases, despite the seeming conflict between the appeals court decisions in question.