Legal Commentary

Alas, this is a post hoc post, as it were.  But I want to thank the wonderful student organizers of today's symposium at Boston College Law School, Electing Faith: The Intersection of Law and Religion in Politics Around the World, for a terrific day.  I think a splendid time was had by all, and I'd especially like to thank my co-panelists, Lloyd Mayer of Notre Dame and Mark Scarberry of Pepperdine, and the moderator, Fr. Greg Kalscheur, for a stimulating talk on religion in American politics.  (Sorry for the absence of the usual links to bios etc., but my hotel computer seems to be eating them for dinner.)  My talk was somewhat more timely than I'd intended: it was a comparison of the remarks of three presidential candidates on the relationship between religion and politics, and one of them happened to be Barack Obama.  (The others were JFK, natch, and Romney.)  I wasn't psychic: I was going on the basis of his 2006 speech, not today's, which I haven't read or watched yet.  In any event, a fine discussion, and thanks to all -- most particularly the students and faculty at BC for their hospitality.  I think the talks will be available online at some point and I'll certainly link to them when they are so you can laugh at me from the comfort of your own home.