Religion & Law

Lash on the Free Exercise Clause
Kurt Lash (Loyola Los Angeles) has posted "The Second Adoption of the Free Exercise Clause: Religious Exemptions Under the Fourteenth Amendment" on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article explores the proposition that the Free Exercise Clause was adopted a...

Lash on The Second Adoption of the Free Exercise Clause

Baworowsky on Theoretical Foundations of First and Fourteenth Amendment Protection of Corporate Religious Speech
Julie Marie Baworowsky (Notre Dame student) has posted on SSRN her forthcoming note in the Notre Dame Law Review entitled: From Public Square to Market Square: Theoretical Foundations of First and Fourteenth Amendment Protection of Corporate Religious Speech...

How incorporating Heller against the states undermines the Second Amendment
Chicago's gun regulations are now under assault in the wake of Heller. The open legal question is whether the Second Amendment should be incorporated against the states under either the Fourteenth Amendment?s privileges and immunities clause or due process clause...

Kilmartin on Free Exercise & Free Speech
Alison M. Kilmartin (Penn State Dickinson School of Law) has posted Free Exercise, Free Speech, and 'Mere Religious Worship' on SSRN. Here is the abstract:On December 4, 1800, there was no objection in the House of Representatives' chamber when the...

Exclusion of Faith Based Charities From Iowa "One Gift" Program Challenged
An Alliance Defense Fund release reports that on Wednesday, the Association of Faith-Based Organizations filed suit in an Iowa federal district court challenging the exclusion of faith-based organizations from Iowa's "One Gift" program...

Parody is a Protected Form of Speech
Targets of criticism seek to shut down Internet sites that poke fun

Federal Adoption Tax Credit
Financial Incentive for Adoptive Parents

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Adoption Laws
Everything you need to know about adopting a child

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Religious Decorations
Oklahoma City to pay attorney fees in religious freedom violations lawsuit.

ValueClick
allegedly violated consumer protection laws by promising ‘free’ goods that where not actually free.

Family Law
involving divorce, child custody, spousal support, common law, adoption and same sex marriage.

Discrimination
race, gender, disability, religious or age discrimiation.

Oppenheimer ATM-Free New York Municipals
401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Clergy Molester
Religious group to pay $1.3 million in priest molestation settlement.