Last week, there was a brief discussion on the list about a decision by the DC Circuit (3/8/05, reversing the district court) to uphold against constitutional challenge various aspects of the Americorps Education Awards Program. Bob Tuttle and I have now posted a comment on the D.C Circuit opinion at the website for the Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy. The comment can be found here:
http://www.religionandsocialpolicy.org/legal/legal_update.cfm?id=34 Chip On 15 Mar 2005 at 17:57, Steven Jamar wrote: > On Tuesday, March 15, 2005, at 04:44 PM, James Maule wrote: > > > What major social reform effectuated through legal change was NOT a > > political non-starter when it first was proposed? > > "Never doubt that the work of a small group of thoughtful, committed > citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever > has." > > Margaret Meade > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/15/2005 3:12:30 PM >>> > > > > The idea of cleanly separating religious > > marriage from state-recognized relationship is appealing, but a > > political non-starter, in my view. > > > > Rob Vischer > > > -- > Prof. Steven D. Jamar vox: > 202-806-8017 Howard University School of Law > fax: 202-806-8428 2900 Van Ness Street NW > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Washington, DC 20008 > http://www.law.howard.edu/faculty/pages/jamar > > "God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be > changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the > wisdom to distinguish the one from the other." > > Reinhold Neibuhr 1943 > > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as > private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are > posted; people can read the Web archive Ira C. ("Chip") Lupu F. Elwood & Eleanor Davis Professor of Law The George Washington University Law School 2000 H St., NW Washington D.C 20052 (202) 994-7053 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.