First CLS, Then the Klan?
Today, Professor Marci Hamilton and I debated Christian Legal Society v. Martinez at Cardozo School of Law in New York City. Professor Hamilton argued that the Supreme Court should not hold that...
View ArticleCLS v. Martinez: A Response to Professor Hamilton
There are so many things wrong with Marci Hamilton’s Findlaw column about Christian Legal Society v. Martinez that it’s hard to know where to start. So I’ll start at the beginning and work my way...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Free Speech Schizophrenia
Spring is in the air in California. While the Sierra Nevada gets a late spring snowstorm, the California golden poppies have opened along I-5. Spring is a time of transition from one season to the...
View ArticleRe: Slow Fade: Trinity University’s Search for Identity
As a follow-up to Joe’s post on Trinity University’s diplomas, it looks like the University has reversed the slow fade, for now. Yesterday, the Board of Trustees voted to retain the words “in the year...
View ArticleThe New York Times Gets Hastings Wrong
In a house editorial, the New York Times urged the U.S. Supreme Court to rule against Christian Legal Society and for Hastings College of the Law in CLS v. Martinez. What follows is a response,...
View ArticleFirst- and Second-Class Religious Colleges?
That’s what a North Carolina court seems to be proposing. Late last month, a state court of appeals held that North Carolina violated the state and federal constitutions by delegating the power to...
View ArticleMinding the Campus: The Bitter Fruit of CLS v. Martinez
Charlotte Allen has posted a thoughtful essay about the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s unfortunate June decision in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez (“More Wreckage from Ginsburg’s ‘Neutral’...
View ArticleWisconsin to Marquette: Embrace “Gay Rights” or Pay the Price
Earlier this year, Marquette University rescinded an offer it had made to Jodi O’Brien to become the dean of its Helen Way Klinger College of Arts and Sciences. According to an article in the...
View ArticleVictory for Academic Freedom: 4th Circuit Says Professor’s Speeches, Columns...
A University of North Carolina–Wilmington professor’s speeches and columns are fully protected by the First Amendment, according to a published decision handed down Wednesday by the U.S. Court of...
View ArticleAre Colleges and Universities Rewriting American History?
The National Association of Scholars recently issued a very interesting report regarding the state of history programs in the State of Texas, but the report has ominous implications for history...
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