Religion & Law

How Separation of Church and State Was Read Into the Constitution (Hint: the KKK got its way)
(Jim Lindgren) The flap over Christine O?Donnell?s debate comment suggests that many people still don?t know how Separation of Church and State became part of the law of the First Amendment...

O'Donnell, Jefferson on Separation of Church and State
Republican Senate Candidate Christine O'Donnell's 2008 primary campaign manager Jonathon Moseley this week offered a $1,000.00 reward to anyone who could find the phrase "separation of church and state" in the Constitution...

"Laica" in Mexico
A worth-reading piece by the Becket Fund's Luke Goodrich in the Wall Street Journal: . . . Last week, Mexico's lower house of Congress began the process of amending the Mexican Constitution to formally declare the country to be "laica"?meaning "lay" or "secular...

Simulcast Will Promote Church-State Separation
On March 26, the Freedom First Foundation (press release) is beaming a simulcast on church-state separation to 37 movie theaters in cities across the nation. (List of locations.) Its goal is to put church-state separation on the 2008 political agenda...

Ahead of Debate, Biden, Palen Discuss Church-State Separation
As part of a series of interviews on different topics, Katie Couric posed to both Vice-Presidential candidates a question about church-state separation. I like the way the question presupposes that the "wall of separation" is "important".

On Piety & Politics: A Video Post About the Separation of Church and State
Rev. Barry Lynn: What’s Wrong With ‘The Family’ And The National Prayer Breakfast   JFK on the Separation of Church and State Piety and Politics: A Discussion Between Bill O?Reilly & Rev...

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The Bay Presbyterian Church
$700,000 settlement reached in church split case.

Morgan Stanley Capital
401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Texas, USA
alleging the Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform Act of 2003 violates several provisions of the Constitution.

Roman Catholic Church
Diocese of Antigonish faces class action over abuse by a priest

Indianapolis
alleging the city's police are overly aggressive against the homeless in violation of the protection of free speech and unreasonable searches guaranteed in the US Constitution.

State Street Corporation 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
State Street Corporation 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud