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Chipping Away at the BenchVoter anger took a new form as the results of Iowa’s November 2010 midterm elections were revealed. In a real-life twist that would make any screenwriter envious, three of the seven Iowa Supreme Court justices—who in 2009 unanimously upheld a
Published in the January / February 2011 Humanist
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 | The National Day of Prayer Decision: A Victory to Savor“He described himself in the media as ‘a man of the Lord.’ He acted persecuted. He attacked us, and I wanted to sue him very badly.”
Published in the November / December 2010 Humanist
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No Agenda? A Humanist View of Justice ScaliaAt first glance Joan Biskupic appears almost ideally qualified to author a biography of Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court’s most vocal and controversial justice. An experienced reporter with legal credentials, Biskupic has covered the Supreme Court for two decades and
Published in the March / April 2010 Humanist
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No License to Promote Religion: S.C. Judge Nixes Christian Auto TagWhen I was a kid, license plates in Pennsylvania were very simple. They were mustard yellow with blue letters and numbers. Then, at some point, a dramatic change occurred: the plates became blue with mustard yellow letters and numbers! These
Published in the January / February 2010 Humanist
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Inexorably toward Trial: Reflections on the Dover Case and the “Least Dangerous Branch”Judge John E. Jones III of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania is one of the foremost defenders of evolution in public schools, ruling the teaching of intelligent design unconstitutional in public schools in the landmark |
What Would Jesus Do…If He Were a Lawyer?Published in the Humanist, November/December 2008 Bruce Green was excited and daunted by the task that lay before him. It was August 2003, and he had been named dean of a new law school that would open its doors to |
One Nation Under the Constitution: Reason, Politics, and Morality in the New CenturyMaryland State Senator Jamie Raskin, an attorney and professor of constitutional law who has earned national recognition as a civil rights and civil liberties advocate, was honored by the American Humanist Association on Friday, June 6, 2008, with its Distinguished
Published in the November / December 2008 Humanist
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Keeping an Eye on the (Post-Bush) Faith-Based InitiativeOn July 1, 2008, presidential hopeful Barack Obama unveiled his plan for the revamping and retooling of the Faith-Based Initiative, that well-recognized but little-understood pet project of President George W. Bush. Coinciding with the release of a fact sheet by |
Teach Your Children Well: The First Rule of Any Civilized SocietyBad law can result in bad decisions. Californians found that out February 28 when the 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled that parents wishing to home school their children must have teaching credentials. I don’t blame the court for this. |
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