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  • Iambs And Pentameters0

    Alabama Governor Fob James Jr. recently made national news when he threatened to call out the state National Guard in order to ensure that a copy of the Ten Commandments remains on a courtroom wall. "I will use all legal means at my disposal," the state's highest official said, "which includes the National Guard and

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  • Free Exercises?0

    In 1984 drug counselor Alfred Smith was fired for ingesting peyote in a religious ceremony for a Native American Church ritual. Though as early as 1964 the California Supreme Court noted the significance of peyote to that church's religious practices,1 the State of Oregon denied Mr. Smith unemployment compensation because "the state's interest in proscribing

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  • Editorial0

    Though U.S. Supreme Court briefs are rarely noted for prosody or style (who confuses Macbeth with McCollum or Lycidas with Lemon?), occasionally a phrase or section achieves popular renown. The most recent example is U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's immortalized words in Casey: "At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's

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  • By the Rules?0

    Whether opposing the British or abortion, whether supporting abolition or tax cuts, whether seeking to end child labor or kiddie porn, religious activists have always been a part of American politics. History has shown that whatever separation of church and state has meant, it obviously hasn't meant – nor was it ever intended to mean

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  • Bias on the Bench?0

    Though Scripture condemns homosexual behavior, what happens when a judge in the courtroom does the same? That's the struggle confronting Judge Roy Moore of Alabama, who insists that because God prohibits gay and lesbian relationships, so will he. And though few would argue against the judge's right to hold his religious views, many would argue

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  • At Liberty0

    How many memorable speeches have you heard lately? Probably very few. The eloquence of Tom Paine, Patrick Henry, and John F. Kennedy has been replaced with sound bites, MTV, and Rush Limbaugh. The age of personal persuasion is past. We are a private, mobile society, frequently relocating to areas where we know no one and

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