Making the point yesterday that Congress should think twice before treating a tax exemption as a government subsidy, in the case of the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act" (HR 3), Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) followed that argument to one of its...
Via Howard Friedman at Religion Clause, President Obama has sent back to the Senate the nomination of Susan Johnson Cook to be Religious Freedom Ambassador at Large. Dr. Cook received a confirmation hearing last year, but no vote on the floor. This position has been...
Congressman Peter King (R-NY), the new head of the House Homeland Security Committee, is brushing aside efforts to convince him to modify plans for hearings on "Islamist extremists" in America. Today's NYTimes reports : As the hearings approach, the...
The ACLU has reached a settlement with the state of Minnesota in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the controversial TiZA charter school. The claim, filed 2 years ago, will continue against the Arabic language and culture-focused academy, which plaintiffs...
On Friday, the White House announced new members of the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Susan K. Stern, Chair, President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Leith Anderson, Member,...
