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The Steps the Biden Administration Needs to Take to Rescue the U.S. from the Precipice of Theocracy

10 Jan 2021, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton

The Biden administration needs to act quickly to right the balance between civil rights and theocracy. [read post]

Reflections on Our First Two Female Supreme Court Justices

21 Sep 2020, 9:14 pm by Marci A. Hamilton

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Tension Between the Vatican and American Bishops Over Next Steps in the Clergy Sex Abuse Crisis: Could We See the Beginning of a Schism?

13 Nov 2018, 9:00 pm by Marci A. Hamilton

The Vatican has unilaterally halted the United States bishops from moving forward with new responses to the clergy sex abuse crisis, which they were planning to release this week during their annual meeting. [read post]

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The Re-making of America’s Cities by Religious Organizations and the Department of Justice

31 Aug 2016, 9:02 pm by Marci A. Hamilton

Back in the day, the Constitution required a separation of power between state and federal governments. [read post]

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Sex Assaults at Evangelical Colleges, the United Nations, and the Vatican

19 Feb 2014, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton

There was a time when evangelical Christians said that they didn’t have issues with sex abuse or assault like the Catholic Church, because they did not have a hierarchical structure. [read post]

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Your Laws on RFRA

2 Apr 2014, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton

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Questioning Justice Kennedy’s Replacement: Pay Attention Not Just to Roe v. Wade but Also the Right to Privacy and Contraception

4 Jul 2018, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton

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With Ink Not Yet Dry on the New York Child Victims Act, There Is Already Reason to Be Concerned About the Victims in this Process

14 Feb 2019, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton

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Justice Kennedy’s Replacement and the Religious Test Awaiting

27 Jun 2018, 9:00 pm by Marci A. Hamilton

Hamilton is the Robert A. [read post]

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Justice O’Connor Deserves Better Than Her Brethren Gave Her in American Legion v. American Humanist Association

28 Jul 2019, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton

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Archbishop Vigano Calls for the Pope’s Resignation Because the Pope Did Nothing About Sex Abuse by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick—Is He Kidding?

29 Aug 2018, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton

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How Did Six Conservative Catholics Become Supreme Court Justices Together?

2 May 2023, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton and Leslie C. Griffin

Have you ever wondered how six conservative Catholic Supreme Court Justices were able to be on the Supreme Court at the same time? [read post]

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Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely in The Keepers

7 Jun 2017, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton

In this era of a White House that seems impervious to the concept of accountability, you might well think this column will be about President Donald Trump. [read post]

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Why the En Banc Tenth Circuit’s Interpretation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius Is Indefensible

10 Jul 2013, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton

There are times when a court’s reasoning becomes so precious that it has no contact with reality, which is precisely what happened when the en banc U.S. [read post]

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The Vatican Plans to Meet in February to Discuss Doing What the Bishops Should Have Done in 2002

7 Nov 2018, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton

Following the damning August 2018 clergy sex abuse grand jury report out of Pennsylvania, Pope Francis has summoned the Catholic bishops February 21–24, 2019, to Rome to discuss the clergy sex abuse crisis. [read post]

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The Masterpiece Cakeshop Oral Argument and the Fatal Flaw in the Bakers’ Free Speech Argument

6 Dec 2017, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton

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Sex Abuse and Lawlessness in the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Community

30 Apr 2014, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton

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Compare and Contrast: The Vatican’s Gathering of Bishops in Rome with the Epstein Court on Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims

22 Feb 2019, 5:16 pm by Marci A. Hamilton

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