William C. Duncan
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Americans must uphold court’s role even amid controversy
The court’s role in our system is too important to sacrifice over policy disagreements.
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How some companies lead the way on religious accommodations
A new report highlights some of accommodations made by employers, including addressing religion in diversity training and teaching workers how to request an accommodation.
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How Native American students helped change Utah law on graduation attire
This example shows how (1) the expansion of rights for religious minorities can expand the rights of others, and (2) legislation can be a powerful source of protection for religious freedom.
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Release of opinions may be least dramatic part of this Supreme Court term
Dozens of decisions have yet to hit the court’s website during the last days of this term – shortly after the attempted murder of a justice for only the second time in the top court’s history.
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School-based religious freedom conflict bubbles up in N.Y.
State’s proposed regulations governing K-12 private schools may threaten the work of religious schools – and are particularly worrisome for Jewish schools.
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Oral arguments give public a peek at Supreme Court’s work
Since the arguments are made available, in transcripts and recordings, to the public, they also provide an opportunity for citizens to gain some familiarity with the issues in a case and to better understand the legal questions the court will…
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Dissent? Per curiam? Syllabus? Here’s how to read a Supreme Court decision
The risk of not being able to understand a Supreme Court opinion is that third parties will become the sole source of information on what the court does.
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Free speech case with potential implications for religious (and other) professionals
This case should establish whether the state can require creative professionals and businesses to send messages even if it does not express antipathy to the professional or business beliefs.
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Abortion case highlights how previous decisions affect later cases
There needs to be a way to correct decisions at odds with the underlying laws being applied. The court can and does have options to prevent (or correct) this type of result.
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Counterintuitive idea: Does religious freedom require abortion access?
Is there any legal merit to the claim that protecting religious freedom requires unfettered access to abortion? A safe legalistic answer would be, “It depends.”