by William C. Duncan | Mar 16, 2023
Colorado religious school asks Supreme Court to take case on ministerial exception Written by At the core of religious freedom is the ability of churches and religious organizations to choose who will represent them by teaching their message. For a government agency...
by William C. Duncan | Mar 8, 2023
Sutherland’s role in successful student-athlete uniform bill Written by In the recently concluded legislative session, Utah legislators approved a bill that provides an important protection to students in state schools so they will not have to choose between...
by William C. Duncan | Mar 2, 2023
Constitutional norms provide room for people to act on their beliefs Written by Terrence Malick’s 2019 film, A Hidden Life, tells the story of Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter, who was executed by the Nazis in 1943 when he refused to serve after being drafted into...
by William C. Duncan | Feb 23, 2023
Behind Sutherland’s amicus brief in Utah abortion case Written by In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states would be able to determine how they would regulate abortion, free from oversight by the federal courts. That decision set in motion a series of...
by William C. Duncan | Feb 16, 2023
Australia may move in wrong direction by clamping down on religious school accommodations Written by On March 4, 2022, Yeshiva University’s men’s basketball team lost to Johns Hopkins University in the NCAA Division III tournament. Though that particular result was...
by William C. Duncan | Feb 9, 2023
Religious participation seems to help guard against ‘deaths of despair’ Written by In 2015, two economists at Princeton noted an ominous indicator: Among some Americans, a longstanding trend toward longer life expectancy had reversed. Charles Fain Lehman of the...
