Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Cert. filed in challenge to Michigan's Blaine Amendment
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Wednesday, 27 July 2022
Court’s ruling on tuition aid puts Blaine Amendment ‘in dustbin of history’
(Jay Nies, Catholic News Service)
Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Utah advocates for religion, but the state’s constitution has an inconsistency
(Jon England, Deseret News)
Opinion: Utah advocates for religion, but the state’s constitution has an inconsistency
(Jon England, Deseret News)
Wednesday, 12 May 2021
South Carolina lawsuit challenges state’s Blaine Amendment bias against religious, private schools
(John Malcolm, The Heritage Foundation)
Monday, 3 May 2021
Judge asked to toss South Carolina private school money ban
(Associated Press)
Friday, 16 April 2021
A public funding ban for private colleges ‘born in bigotry’?
(Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Ed)
Wednesday, 30 December 2020
Michigan Supreme Court affirms narrow reading of "No-Aid" Clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Michigan private schools get state aid for mandate compliance, high court rules
(Beth LeBlanc, The Detroit News)
Friday, 31 July 2020
Supreme Court religious school ruling offers opportunities for low-income families (Guest viewpoint)
(Charles Chieppo and Jamie Gass, Mass Live)
Saturday, 18 July 2020
Thanks, Justice Alito
(Joel Belz, World News Group)
Friday, 17 July 2020
The Roberts Court attempts a compromise
(Mark Movsesian, First Things)
Wednesday, 15 July 2020
Born of bigotry, died in religious liberty: The Supreme Court ends the Blaine Amendments in empowering parental choice
(Charles J. Russo & William E. Thro, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Monday, 13 July 2020
This Supreme Court term was a win for religious conservatives. We can thank Trump.
(Hugh Hewitt, The Washington Post)
The Supreme Court's big rulings were surprisingly mainstream this year
(Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, FiveThirtyEight)
Monday, 6 July 2020
Symposium: Espinoza, funding of religious service providers, and religious freedom
(Thomas Berg and Douglas Laycock, SCOTUSblog)
Saturday, 4 July 2020
Headlines concerning Espinoza v. Montana (SCOTUS school funding case)
Friday, 3 July 2020
The Supreme Court eliminates a legal vestige of anti-Catholic prejudice
(Ray Domanico, City Journal)
Archbishop Wenski: Supreme Court decision on aid to religious schools is a blow against anti-Catholicism
(Thomas G. Wenski, America: The Jesuit Review)
The bigotry of Blaine no more
(Jeanne Allen, National Catholic Register)
Justice Alito cites 1871 anti-Catholic political cartoon of priests as crocodiles in religious liberty opinion
(Aaron Keller, Law & Crime)
Justice Alito’s brief retelling of Blaine Amendment history
(Samuel Alito, Education Next)
Supreme Court: Religious liberty is winning—and the pro-life cause is losing
(Joe Carter, Keep the Faith)
Thursday, 2 July 2020
White House praises Espinoza decision
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Statement from the Press Secretary regarding today’s Supreme Court ruling on religious schools
(The White House)
Special Feature: Symposium on the court’s ruling in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
(SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: What “play in the joints” remains after Espinoza?
(Grant Sullivan, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: Clarity in an era of confusion — The Supreme Court will not tolerate hostility to religion
(Mithun Mansinghani, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: What’s “the use” of the Constitution’s distinctive treatment of religion if it is disregarded as discrimination?
(Holly Hollman, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: A takedown of the Blaine Amendments
(James Hirsen, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: RIP state “Blaine Amendments” – Espinoza and the “no-aid” principle
(Steven Green, SCOTUSblog)
Hiding in plain sight: ‘Sect’ and ‘religion’ in Espinoza
(Gerard V. Bradley, National Review)
Jason Bedrick on school choice, religious liberty, and the Jews (Podcast)
(The Tikvah Podcast)
The Supreme Court expands the scope of religious free exercise
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Editorial: Supreme Court ruling a win for school choice
(The Lima News)
The implications of Espinoza
(John McCormack, National Review)
Baptists split on religious school funding decision
(Brian Kaylor, Word & Way)
U.S. Supreme Court issues troubling decision in religious school funding case
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Religious animus did not drive the laws the Supreme Court just overturned
(Adam Laats, The Washington Post)
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
Supreme Court rules Montana scholarship program must include religious schools
(Alex Swoyer, The Washington Times)
Supreme Court expands state funding for religious schools
(Language Magazine)
Tuesday, 30 June 2020
Opinion: Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
(Roberts, C.J., with Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh J.J., Supreme Court of the United States)
School choice defeats anti-Catholic bigotry 5–4 at the Supreme Court
(Dan McLaughlin, National Review)
Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue ("Blaine Amendment case")
(Case Page, SCOTUSblog)
Espinoza: High court sparks new battle over church-state separation
(David Crary and Elana Schor, Associated Press)
Wonderful news from the Court — for religious freedom and school choice — in Espinoza
(RIck Garnett, Mirror of Justice: A blog dedicated to the development of Catholic legal theory)
U.S. Bishops’ Religious Liberty and Catholic Education chairmen grateful for Supreme Court’s decision in Blaine amendment case
(United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
Supreme Court rejects Montana 'Blaine Amendment' in religious schools case
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Supreme Court rules in favor of religious schools receiving taxpayer-funded scholarships
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Good riddance to the Blaine Amendments
(National Review)
Supreme Court hands win to religious schools
(John Kruzel, The Hill)
High Court slams religious bias in state tax-credit scheme
(Jack Rodgers, Courthouse News Service)
Supreme Court rules in favor of religious schools receiving taxpayer-funded scholarships
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Thursday, 18 June 2020
Supreme Court holds in its hands the future of Blaine amendments and religious education
(Trent Franks, The Washington Examiner)
Friday, 5 June 2020
The state of communion: Blaine Amendments and the future of religious liberty
(Cameron Hilditch, National Review)
Tuesday, 11 February 2020
High Court leans toward support for religious schools
(Mark Walsh, Education Week)
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
Legal Spirits Episode 019: Oral argument in the Blaine Amendments case
(Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
The Supreme Court is poised to deliver a victory to school choice advocates
(Mark Movsesian, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
Saturday, 1 February 2020
The Supreme Court’s collapsing center on religion
(Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times)
Thursday, 30 January 2020
Some thoughts on the Espinoza argument
(Mark Movsesian, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
Protecting religious freedom does not demand state funding of religion
(Holly Hollman, The Hill)
Wednesday, 29 January 2020
The Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a key religious-freedom case
(John Hirschauer, National Review)
Tuesday, 28 January 2020
The Supreme Court must end an injustice to religious education
(David Benger and Nathan Berkeley, Real Clear Religion)
Friday, 24 January 2020
RFI issues open letter opposing the Blaine Amendments, urging the Supreme Court to rule them unconstitutional
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Thursday, 23 January 2020
Discrimination without discriminating?
(Michael A. Helfand, The Wall Street Journal)
School choice law rooted in anti-Catholicism, Supreme Court hears
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Justice Kavanaugh says bans on public funding for religious schools are ‘rooted in grotesque religious bigotry against Catholics’
(Evan Gerstmann, Forbes)
Supreme Court expected to rule in favor of religious schools receiving taxpayer funding
(Will Maule, Christian Headlines)
US bishops speak up on school choice as Supreme Court hears case
(Catholic News Agency)
Supreme Court’s conservatives seem open to some state aid for religious schools
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post - Politics)
A promising day for religious liberty at the High Court
(John McCorrmack, National Review)
What the Supreme Court missed about Wednesday’s religious-schools case
(Monica Kristin Blair, The Washington Post)
The distortion surrounding Espinoza v. Montana has reached biblical proportions
(Tyler Broker, Above the Law)
That big religious freedom case is not what you think
(Christopher D. Cunningham, Public Square Magazine)
Wednesday, 22 January 2020
Religious-schools case heads to a high court skeptical of stark lines between church and state
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
Can school choice exclude religious schools? High court weighs in.
(Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, Christian Science Monitor)
Supreme Court religious rights case has big implications for U.S. schools
(Andrew Chung, Reuters)
Religious school choice case may yield landmark Supreme Court decision
(Erica L. Green, The New York Times)
Supreme Court hears arguments today in Montana religious school aid case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Transcript of today's arguments in Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue now available
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Argument analysis: Justices divided in Montana school-choice case
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Roberts pivotal as U.S. Supreme Court tackles public aid to religious schools
(Andrew Chung, Reuters)
Supreme Court seems favorable to religious education funding
(Mark Sherman, Associated Press)
To protect religious freedom, the Supreme Court must rule in favor of school choice
(Erica Smith and Dick Komer, USA Today)
Public schools cannot be religiously neutral, but school choice makes neutrality possible
(Neal McCluskey, CATO Institute)
Saturday, 18 January 2020
Should state governments help fund religious schools?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Justices taking up bans on state money to religious schools
(Mark Sherman, Associated Press)
Families should have the right to choose from scholarships at religious institutions
(The Washington Post)
Thursday, 16 January 2020
An under-the-radar SCOTUS case could obliterate the line between church and state
(Rebecca Klein, Huffington Post)
Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Argument preview: Justices to consider dispute over tax credits for scholarships
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Long history underlies fight over religious-school funding
(Mark Walsh, Education Week)
Symposium before oral argument in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
(SCOTUSblog)
The court case that could finally take down antiquated anti-Catholic laws
(Nick Sibilla, The Atlantic)
Friday, 10 January 2020
The long history of Blaine Amendment bigotry
(Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, National Review)
Wednesday, 8 January 2020
A thought about motive in the law (Blaine Amdendment case)
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
More on motive in law (on the Blaine Amendment case)
(Mark Movsesian, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)
Espinoza School Choice Case and discrimination against religion
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Thursday, 26 September 2019
Will the Supreme Court nix Montana’s anti-Catholic ‘Blaine Amendment’?
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review)
Thursday, 19 September 2019
Symposium: Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue: The battle between may fund and must fund
(Frank Ravitch, SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: Anti-Catholic Blaine Amendments like Montana’s are presumptively unconstitutional
(Eric Rassbach, SCOTUSblog)
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