by William C. Duncan | Oct 23, 2020
Religious belief accelerated efforts for women’s suffrage Written by A common (and incorrect) stereotype is that religion treats women as subservient to men. Both contemporary and historical evidence show otherwise, however. In the New York Post, Naomi...
by William C. Duncan | Oct 21, 2020
Q&A with legal scholar: Upcoming SCOTUS cases Written by Misinterpretation and misunderstanding of the religion clauses in the First Amendment has “led to the diminishment of Americans’ rights to both free exercise and free speech,” says Howard Slugh,...
by William C. Duncan | Oct 16, 2020
SCOTUS’ opportunity to protect religious child welfare agencies Written by On November 4, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the first religious freedom case of its current term (the Court’s terms run from the fall of one year until the spring...
by William C. Duncan | Oct 13, 2020
How religious freedom guards freedom of speech Written by When Vaclav Havel became the first post-communist president of Czechoslovakia in 1989, he replaced the regime that had imprisoned him for dissent on multiple occasions. In 1978, Havel published the...
by William C. Duncan | Oct 7, 2020
The power of precedent … and SCOTUS nominees like Amy Coney Barrett Written by One reason the debate over the nomination of a new Supreme Court justice – such as Amy Coney Barrett – can be so contentious is that so much appears to be at stake. For instance,...
