March/April 1998

Judging the Judges 0

Jury selection in Etowah County, Alabama, begins with an invocation given by a local minister invited to the courtroom by county judge Roy S. Moore, who invites only Christian clergy (who, of course, offer only Christian prayers). Inside the courtroom the judge has hung a handcarved plaque of the Ten Commandments. Judge Moore acknowledges that

Wrong Jurisdiction 0

What is the "original meaning" of the First Amendment's religion clauses? Though in Everson v. Board of Education (1947), the Supreme Court advanced the "strict separation" account of the Establishment Clause, dissenting scholars and judges have argued for an "accommodationist" alternative instead. In Boerne v. Flores, meanwhile, Justices O'Connor and Scalia used history to defend

Nothing for Us 0

Although Christian books are one of publishing's fastest-growing genres, the Cleveland Plain Dealer recently reported the frequent complaint of evangelicals that "there is nothing for us" in their public library. While some libraries are now stocking Christian fiction, many still don't because librarians fear that Christian literature on their shelves might violate the Establishment Clause.

Extended Family Member 0
- March/April 1998
- March 1, 1998
Though widely known as the nation's gay mecca, San Francisco is also heavily Catholic, with an estimated 25 percent of its 735,000 residents looking to Rome (to some degree or another) for guidance in matters of faith and morality. Thus, in a city that has never hesitated to legislate social policy, a collision of nationwide
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The Repeal of the Religion Clauses 0
- March/April 1998
- March 1, 1998
As argued above, the religion clauses amounted to a decision by the national government not to address substantive questions concerning the proper relationship between religion and government. There would be no national law, theory, or principle-and, consequently, no constitutional law, theory, or principle-prescribing the proper relationship between religion and government. The decision to "incorporate" the
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Islamophobia 0
- March/April 1998
- March 1, 1998
An American Muslim approached the counter at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport to purchase a one-way ticket to Dulles Airport. The airline refused to issue the ticket unless he produced a passport. "Sir," the exasperated Muslim blurted out, "I am traveling from New York to Washington, D.C. We don't need a passport to travel
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