Attorney General Eric Holder faced questioning Thursday by the House Judiciary Committee, and was asked by Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) about two important church-state issues: the Justice Department's position (apparently) continued mis-reading of the...
In a USAToday op-ed, law professor Stephen Prothero becomes one of the few – maybe the only? – to argue that the religious beliefs of Supreme Court justices should be taken into account. When it comes to judges and their biases, there are only two...
David Saperstein writes today's must-read, on the disturbing theft of the Mojave Cross, which was just allowed to stay standing as a national war memorial by a decision of the Supreme Court. Particularly distressing are the anonymous communications, allegedly from...
The race to become the GOP's nominee for Governor in Alabama has taken a strange, disturbing turn, as two candidates and their supporters rush to claim the title of Most Committed Creationist and paint the opponent as something akin to Darwin himself. A mysterious...
Ahead of next week's hearing and final vote on proposed changes to the state's Social Studies curriculum, a group of moderate and progressive religious leaders yesterday held a press conference at the Texas State Capitol urging the Board of Education not to...
