Conservative justices are redefining religious freedom to mean the protection of individuals or groups to practice their faith as they see fit, argues a constitutional law expert.
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New guidelines take a broad definition of who can apply for a religious exemption to vaccinations. A lot will hinge on what constitutes ‘undue hardship’ to the employer.
Tens of thousands of people have defied bans on gatherings to protest abortion restrictions. A scholar of democracy says the policy push during a pandemic has echoes elsewhere.
The case Fulton v. Philadelphia is about foster care. But questions over a decades-old Supreme Court ruling may have wider implications.
The US Catholic Church is more diverse and more divided than it was in JFK’s time. Biden could offer an opportunity for the church to move beyond so-called “culture war” issues.
If successful, Barrett would become the seventh current Supreme Court justice to be raised a Catholic, but more importantly the sixth conservative Christian.
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Joseph Panzer Chair in Education in the School of Education and Health Sciences and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
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Professor of Law, Director of the Center for Religion, Law & Democracy, Willamette University
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Wayne State University
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Professor of Political Science, UMass Lowell
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Professor of Law, University of Southern California
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Assistant Professor, University of South Dakota
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Full Professor of Ethics and Head of Department, Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, Director of the Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Jewish Studies, Interim Academic Dean and Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Chicago Theological Seminary
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Professor of Law, Lehman College, CUNY
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Dean and Professor of Mental Health Counseling, Texas A&M University-San Antonio
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Professor of Public Theology and Director of The Bernardin Center, Catholic Theological Union
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Professor of Law, Brigham Young University
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Professor of Counseling, Palo Alto University
