Via Religion Clause, the White House blog is touting the administration's reception honoring the 540th birthday of Nanak Dev Ji, the first guru in Sikhism. It was the first time that this holiday has ever been celebrated at the White House. Members of the...
Amid reactionary calls for the US military to ban Muslims from serving in the armed forces, the Pentagon claims rules already allow commanders to discipline or even remove personnel espousing positions encouraging violence, or holding divisive, extreme views. AFP...
Writing for Newsweek, Dahlia Lithwick gets to the heart of controversies over legislative prayer and the battle over Judge David Hamilton's nomination to the 7th Circuit. The real problem here isn't Hamilton but the fiction, built into the Supreme Court's...
Judge David Hamilton was confirmed yesterday to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals by a 59-39 vote in the US Senate. Efforts to block the nomination over his Indiana House prayer decision fell short.
Americans United sent a letter to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections yesterday warning against the town of Wakita's plan to create a privately run faith-based prison that would be staffed solely by Christians. From a press release : The AU letter noted that...
The Senate is scheduled to finally vote this week on the nomination of David Hamilton to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, after a cloture vote passed 70-29. At the forefront of debate is his strong 2005 ruling as a District Judge that the Indiana House violated...
