Mark Movsesian

Last month, I posted the welcome news that Stanford has started the nation’s first law school clinic focusing on religious liberty . This week, at CLR Forum , the blog of the St. John’s Center for Law and Religion , the new clinic’s director, Jim Sonne, answers a few questions . . . . Continue Reading »

This week, the United States recognized the Syrian National Coalition, an umbrella organization of groups opposed to the Assad regime, as the government of Syria. Now, as everyone knows, the SNC relies heavily on fighters from the al-Nusra Front, an Islamist group that the United States has . . . . Continue Reading »

There are many reasons why America seems to be moving inexorably toward legalizing same-sex marriage. The Sexual Revolution that has swept American society since the 1960s is probably the main explanation. There’s plenty of evidence that Americans, especially Americans below a certain age, . . . . Continue Reading »

Last week, I wrote that the constitutional struggle between Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and the country’s Supreme Constitutional Court – a struggle that continued this week, when pro-Morsi picketers shut the court down – might represent an attempt to impose a conservative . . . . Continue Reading »

For FT readers who might be interested, I’ll be the speaker tomorrow at the New York Guild of Catholic Lawyers First Friday series. My talk, which will address the law of religious symbols in the United States and Europe, will begin at 8:15 am at the Church of Our Saviour, 59 . . . . Continue Reading »

In response to Matt’s post about Trollope , I thought I’d point out the observations of another nineteenth-century European visitor—-“a perceptive Frenchman,” Justice Scalia once called him—-who also wrote about American religion. (Have Supreme Court justices . . . . Continue Reading »

Here’s something you don’t see every day, even if you follow the law reviews. On SSRN, the Social Science Research Network, George Mason University economist Peter Leeson has posted an abstract for a new paper that explains human sacrifice in terms of property rights ( Human Sacrifice ). . . . . Continue Reading »

Obviously, Egypt’s version of the Constitutional Convention is not going as smoothly as everyone might have hoped. The plan was for a Constituent Assembly comprised of Islamists, Christians, and secular deputies to draft and vote on a consensus constitution sometime next January. Things . . . . Continue Reading »

This Thursday, November 29, I’ll be giving a lecture, “Equality for Christians in the Middle East, Yesterday and Today,” at the Armenian Orthodox seminary in New Rochelle, New York. My lecture will discuss the precarious state of Christian communities in the Middle East and the . . . . Continue Reading »

Yesterday, Matt Schmitz posted about the decision by the General Synod of the Church of England to reject women bishops. At question time in the House of Commons today, UK Prime Minister David Cameron spoke about yesterday’s decision. According to the  Guardian , Cameron said he was . . . . Continue Reading »