Religious Freedom
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What is the current law of religious freedom?
This is part 2 in a series on an approach to advancing religious freedom by reducing opportunities for conflict. Part 1 described the sources of law that create the legal climate for religious practice. This article will outline the current…
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Transcript: Sutherland’s 2020 Congressional Series event with Sen. Mike Lee
ICYMI: The following is an unedited transcription of remarks delivered by Sen Mike Lee (R-Utah) during The Supreme Court and Religious Liberty: The Top Court’s Impact This Term.
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Transcript: Sutherland’s 2020 Congressional Series event with Rep. Chris Stewart
ICYMI: The following is an unedited transcription of remarks delivered by Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) during National Security: America’s Role in the World.
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Where do religious freedom protections come from?
In this new series, we examine a different approach to religious freedom. It attempts to preserve religious freedom as an aspiration by reducing opportunities for conflict. Part 1 describes the sources for the law of religious freedom in the United…
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Religious freedom is doing well in the Supreme Court: An interview with Cato’s Walter Olson
“The court, like public opinion, is still a tough sell on a range of questions involving religious believers’ requests for exemption from or accommodation in discrimination rules.”
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Courts legislate from bench when Congress abdicates its power
The best way to check the ambition of the Supreme Court to make law, rather than interpret law, is to ensure that Congress is actually making the laws, rather than sitting on the sidelines.
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Why Utah’s constitution contains ‘every imaginable protection’ for religious freedom
The search for religious freedom is woven deeply into Utah’s history. More so than almost any other state (except perhaps some of the original colonial territories).
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China’s ban on 4 leaders highlights U.S. efforts to promote religious freedom
Noting abuses of religious minorities in China is presumably what Ambassador Brownback did to get banned from China.
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Supreme Court steps up where Congress fails
Much of the nation will, for now, continue in a futile attempt to achieve complete victory over “the other side.” But the Supreme Court’s rulings on LGBTQ equality and religious freedom, simultaneously protecting both, reveal a better way.
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SCOTUS rules that government can’t interfere with religious hiring decisions of parochial schools
The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that the government cannot control hiring decisions of parochial schools about who teaches the faith.