The Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan get underway this afternoon, and while there are no doubt many many issues the committee would like to ask her regarding her constitutional views, I will be paying special attention to any and all...
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled the UC-Hastings Law School policy prohibiting officially recognized student groups from discriminating in membership is constitutional. The "all-comers" policy, Justice Ginsburg writes for the majority, is a...
The NYTimes profiles the controversial Hebrew Language Academy Charter School, a publicly funded program that emphasizes Hebrew language and culture while required to stay away from religious education or indoctrination. “Israelis themselves have a...
Next week could shape up to be an important one for religious freedom. On Wednesday, Supreme Court confirmation hearings begin for Elena Kagan. Concerns over her church-state record (or, maybe the uncertainty left by her lack of one) continue. The Secular Coalition of...
Melissa Rogers makes the case that confirmation of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court could be a victory for the free exercise of religion. Noting that current Justices as divergent in their views as Stevens and Scalia both agree that government has the right to burden...
