First Things presents an interview by Mark Bauerlein with legal scholar Mark Movsesian, on the topic of church-state relations—the state of play, and the future. Watch the video here or read the transcript provided below. Continue Reading »
A few months ago, BBC News suggested that “Martin Shkreli, the 32-year-old chief executive of Turing Pharmaceuticals, may be the most hated man in America right now.” That's because Turing, under Shkreli's watch, increased the price of a drug called Daraprim from $13.50 to $750 per tablet . . . . Continue Reading »
An article in the latest Harvard Law Review points to the wider significance of the historic moment which the Hobby Lobby decision represents. Continue Reading »
For readers in New York City: On September 4th, Touro Law Center is hosting a lecture by Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Soloveichik titled “Jews, Christians, and the Hobby Lobby Decision.” Continue Reading »
In the wake of the Hobby Lobby decision, argument on the issue has raged with heightened vehemence. Buzzwords abound in the debateequality, imposition, right, discriminationand the equivocation at work makes the fallout increasingly polemical. One term that has shared in the general collapse of meaning is “freedom” or “liberty.” Continue Reading »
As exasperating as it is to see self-professed open-minded, tolerant people try to propel out of their orbit anyone they judge intolerant, it is still legal and constitutional. Continue Reading »
At the Center for Law and Religion Forum, my colleague Marc DeGirolami and I have recorded a podcast on last week’s oral argument in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby, the Contraception Mandate case. We address the background of the litigation, the rhetorical strategies adopted by each side, and the major doctrinal questions the Court will need to resolve. We also make predictions about how the Justices will ultimately rule. The podcast will be useful for students and others looking for an introduction to this extremely important case.