Religion & Law

Michael Newdow has posted his paper, Question for Justice Scalia: Does the Establishment Clause Permit the Disregard of Devout Catholics?  Here's (an excerpt of) the abstract:

In June 2005, Justice Antonin Scalia contended that 'the Establishment Clause...permits the disregard of devout atheists.' This statement is extraordinary inasmuch as it appears to reverse an inexorable (albeit, at times, wandering) trend toward true equality. . . . Finally, in Part III, Justice Scalia?s brand of analysis is applied to his own Catholicism. It is shown that the United States of America was born of a literal hatred for Catholics, which was pervasive and persistent. One may well conclude, therefore, that under his approach, the Establishment Clause permits the disregard of his own religion.