Religion & Law

2nd Circuit: No Automatic Asylum for Victims of Forced Abortion

Posted on July 16, 2007
Howard Bashman summarizes the holding and links to the opinion on the How Appealing blog. ...(read more)

10th Circuit Wants a Trial in Kansas SOB Zoning Dispute to Determine Whether County Acted Reasonably

Posted on July 11, 2007
There is an interesting battle of experts in this case. Abilene Retail retained a Dr. Linz to contradict evidence offered by the county. Several courts have held that Dr. Linz is a hired gun funded by the sex industry and is not a credible witness. The concurring opinion acknowledged the dispute regarding the credibility of Dr...

Is Roberts the Key to Predicting Supreme Court Outcomes?

Posted on July 11, 2007
That is Tony Mauro's argument in this article on Law.com: When in Doubt, Look to Roberts for Outcome of Supreme Court Cases.  Tony observes: A new study indicates that in the 25 oral arguments that led to 5-4 decisions in the term just ended, the mean number of questions Roberts asked of the side he favored was 3...

U.S. Supreme Court Recognizes Homeschooling

Posted on July 10, 2007
HSLDA President J. Michael Smith reports in this commentary that recently appeared in the Washington Times. ...(read more)

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U.S. Supreme Court recognizes Homeschooling

Posted on July 10, 2007
HSLDA President J. Michael Smith reports in this article that appeared recently in the Washington Times. ...(read more)

Is it Racial Discrimination to Require an Arab Dunkin Donuts Franchisee to Carry Pork Products?

Posted on July 10, 2007
A panel on the 7th Circuit suggests it might be in Elkhatib v. Dunkin Donuts, Inc., No. 04-4190 (7th Cir. July 10, 2007).  Hat tip to How Appealing....(read more)

Poll: Most Americans See College Bias as a Serious Problem

Posted on July 10, 2007
Newsmax reports on a recent Zogby poll. ...(read more)

Opening the Marketplace of Ideas at San Francisco State

Posted on July 10, 2007
That is the title of the latest post by ADF Attorney David French on the National Review Phi Beta Cons blog. It discusses ADF's new suit that challenges San Francisco State's speech code. Additional coverage appears on the AP and WorldNetDaily...

Conservatives Fear 4th Circuit Is Slipping Away: Inaction from the White House and gridlock on the Hill leave four slots sitting vacant

Posted on July 10, 2007
Law.com has posted this Legal Times article by Anna Palmer. On the importance of the issue in question, the article includes this paragraph: Filling the vacancies could mean more than simply easing the court's workload. The court is currently split between six judges who were appointed by Republican presidents and five judges picked by Democrats...

Indivisible: No Celebration Of Liberty Can Ignore America?s Godly Heritage

Posted on July 03, 2007
The latest Townhall column by ADF President Alan E. Sears is online here....(read more)

Top Hotel Cable Supplier Called to Task for Porn Involvement, But Where is DOJ?

Posted on July 03, 2007
Citizen Link is carrying an article titled Top Hotel Cable Supplier Called to Task for Porn Involvement by Josh Montez. It begins:  LodgeNet, the top vendor of hardcore pornographic movie channels for hotel rooms, is the target of a campaign aimed at cleaning up summer lodging for traveling families...

2nd Circuit Rules in Bronx Household of Faith v. Bd. of Ed. of the City of New York

Posted on July 02, 2007
Howard Bashman provides a link and description of the divided opinion on the How Appealing blog.  Nobody is better qualified than ADF's Jordan Lorence to discuss this case as he has lived and breathed it for many years. Hopefully, Jordan will be able to post an update soon...

Unanimous Texas Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Pastor

Posted on June 29, 2007
Today's ADF Alliance Alert links to a press release (see top story) by Liberty Legal Institute and a unanimous opinion by the Texas Supreme Court ruling in favor of a pastor who distributed a letter to his congregation advising that one of its married female members was being disciplined for marital unfaithfulness...

Putting Parchment Into Practice: Defending Life by Giving an Innocent Man a Chance

Posted on June 29, 2007
  As the Fourth of July nears, we will frequently recall the famous passage from the Decla­ration of Independence that represents the great refrain of the American identity:  ?We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness...

Will Morse v. Frederick Impact the Speech of College Students? Volokh Doubts French's Analysis

Posted on June 27, 2007
Yesterday, we linked to David French's post on National Review Phi Beta Cons regarding the ruling in Morse v. Frederick.  Today, Eugene Volokh comments on French's analysis on the Volokh Conspiracy blog. ...(read more)

Fairness is a 'Code Name' for Censorship

Posted on June 26, 2007
The latest Townhall column by ADF President Alan Sears is now online. ...(read more)

Judicial Restraint or Judicial Obfuscation

Posted on June 26, 2007
Lyle Denniston has this very interesting post on the SCOTUS blog: The assault on "faux judicial restraint". The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) also discusses the issue in an article titled, Roberts Rules. Here is an excerpt: The Supreme Court punched a hole in McCain-Feingold yesterday, but it missed a chance to revisit its misguided 2003 decision upholding McCain-Feingold's overall restrictions on political speech...

Election Law blog discusses today's campaign finance ruling

Posted on June 25, 2007
Rick Haasen has this post on the Election Law blog discussing today's Supreme Court campaign finance ruling in Federal Election Comm'n v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc.  Press releases on the ruling have been issued by The American Center for Law and Justice and People for the American Way...

A Bong Hit to Free Speech

Posted on June 25, 2007
That is the title of this post by ADF Attorney David French over at the National Review Phi Beta Cons blog. ...(read more)

Volokh Conspiracy Summary of the "Bong Hits for Jesus" Ruling

Posted on June 25, 2007
Over on the Volokh Conspiracy blog, Orin Kerr provides this summary of the ruling in Morse v. Frederick....(read more)

Preliminary Notes on Hein and Morse

Posted on June 25, 2007
SCOTUS blog offers these valuable insights on the two rulings.   ...(read more)

U.S. Supreme Court rejects legal attack on White House conference that helps faith-based groups help the poor

Posted on June 25, 2007
ADF has posted this press release in connection with today's Supreme Court ruling in Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation.   Howard Friedman also has this post discussing the ruling on the Religion Clause blog ...(read more)

U.S. Supreme Court Issues Several Anticipated Rulings

Posted on June 25, 2007
Howard Bashman provides links to the opinions here.  SCOTUS blog also has a few posts about the opinions and will likely provide more updates soon.    ...(read more)

One Health Group Leaves a Little Space for the Conscience of Providers and Patients

Posted on June 21, 2007
In April, 2007, the "Committee On Diversity" of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) proposed a resolution flatly opposing any treatment such as reparative therapy or reorientation therapy intended to alter sexual orientation.  This was the latest effort to further the homosexual political agenda across the leadership and official policy pronouncements of all major medical and psychological establishment professional organizations (American Psychological Association, American...

"Ex-Gay"; Therapy, The Christian Doctrines of Sin and Repentance: Medical Abuse?

Posted on June 21, 2007
There is a video clip on YouTube from CBC TV titled: The Hour: Ex-Gay. It is a ten minute clip described as follows: Psychiatrist and director Alicia Salzar talks about her film Abomination, which condemns the use of electro-shock therapy to turn gays straight...

So Ya Wanna Be an Appellate Lawyer

Posted on June 20, 2007
Eugene Volokh has a post on the Volokh Conspiracy blog titled: Breaking Into Appellate Law.  His post begins: I sometimes hear people ask: How can one break into appellate lawyering, which many people find especially satisfying? So I asked some friends and colleagues, and thought I'd pass along the answers I got...

Under the Radar ? Same-Sex ?Marriage? via Same-Sex ?Divorce??

Posted on June 20, 2007
A few years back, the debate over same-sex ?marriage? was on every television set, at every dinner table, on every political show, and on the tongues of most Americans.  Starting a wave of legal and political activity, on November 18, 2003, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court redefined marriage to include same-sex couples...

The Slow Public Response to the Excesses of the Leftist-Dominated Academy

Posted on June 19, 2007
ADF Attorney David French has this post on the National Review Phi Beta Cons blog today. ...(read more)

"Infiltrating the realm of the online predator: Police have become increasingly adept at tracking the digital footprints of child pornography"

Posted on June 19, 2007
That is the title of this article that appears in the Globe and Mail.  It provides valid insights on how the trade in child pornography takes place online and how police are becoming more sophisticated at identifying perpetrators.  To join a network of child pornographers and receive images and videos, one must have child pornography to trade...

Supreme Court Update

Posted on June 19, 2007
The Supreme Court has now entered the last few weeks of its terms, with several blockbuster decisions waiting to come down.  The authors of at least one of those decisions is clear, using the predictive power of Supreme Court Bingo which this blog discussed here...

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