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legal issues, Supreme Court    

 

Honey, I’m Shrinking the Church, Religion in the News, Vol. 14, No. 2 by Andrew Walsh
Was the Catholic bishops’ religious freedom campaign an anti-Obama crusade or an internal crackdown?

The Struggle to Keep Hospitals Catholic, Religion in the News, Vol. 14, No. 2 by Andrew Walsh
The case of Connecticut.

“Religious liberty” in Court, Religion in the News, Vol. 14, No. 2 by Marc D. Stern
Can free exercise claims liberate Catholic “public ministries” from the Obamacare contraception mandate?

 

Bishops in the Dock, Religion in the News, Vol. 14, No.1 by Andrew Walsh

For the first time, high church officials face prosecution in the Catholic sex abuse scandal.

 

No Standing for It, Religion in the News, Vol. 14, No. 1 by Marc D. Stern

The Supreme Court has made it harder to bring Establishment Clause cases.

Sharia Isn't OK Religion in the News, Vol. 13, No. 2 by Marc D. Stern
The Sooner State spurns Islamic law.

An Army of One  Religion in the News, Vol 12, No.3, by Andrew Walsh.
The debate over whether the Fort Hood gunman is terrorist or “workplace murderer?”

Breaking Up Is Hard to Adjudicate, Religion in the News, Vol 12, No.1  by Marc D. Stern
Complex litigation over who owns breakaway-Episcopal parishes may create precedents for court intervention to decide which parties in theological disputes should prevail.

Show Me the Money, Religion in the News, Winter 2008, by Frank Kirkpatrick. 
The Episcopal Church fights hard to retain the cash and property of defecting parishes.