Supreme Court Justice Stevens to Retire, Will Religion Play a Part?

Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has announced his retirement. Indications are we will have another summer confirmation hearing. There will be plenty of time between now and then to speculate on his replacement, and to look back at Stevens' long career on...

Tennessee County Prepares to Ban Biology Textbook

The Knoxville, Tennessee school board is on the verge of banning a high school biology textbook for being offensive to the creationist viewpoint. Kurt Zimmermann, a Farragut High School parent, filed a complaint in December about the textbook's characterization of...

The Potential Impact of CLS v. Martinez

David Masci previews the upcoming CLS v. Martinez Supreme Court hearing for the Pew Research Center. He notes that if the court rules in favor of the school (Hastings) in its policy refusing official recognition to groups that discriminate, the "decision is...

From the Annals of Overreaction

Reliably maddening pundit Dennis Prager outdoes himself today in a National Review column picked up by NPR. Remember last week's story of Good Friday and Davenport, Iowa? The town's Civil Rights Commission, trying to advocate on behalf of the many...