New Esbeck Article on SSRN

2007-06-13 Thread Greg Baylor
Greg Baylor Gregory S. Baylor Director, Center for Law Religious Freedom Christian Legal Society 8001 Braddock Road, Suite 300 Springfield, VA 22151 (703) 642-1070 x 3502 (703) 642-1075 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clsnet.org ___ To post

Article re 60th Anniversary of Everson

2007-05-10 Thread Greg Baylor
Professor Carl Esbeck of the University of Missouri School of Law has published an article examining the six decades of Establishment Clause jurisprudence since Everson. The article is entitled, The 60th Anniversary of the Everson Decision and America's Church-State Proposition. The abstract is

Christian Legal Society Center for Law Religious Freedom Launches Blog

2007-05-05 Thread Greg Baylor
The CLS Center has joined the blogosphere: http://religiousfreedom.blogspot.com/ Recent posts address things like ENDA's religious exemption, academic articles about health care conscience rights, and a lawsuit over school distribution of fliers to students. Comments welcome. Gregory S.

California Supreme Court Decision in Tax-Exempt Bond Finance Case

2007-03-09 Thread Greg Baylor
condition on an otherwise available benefit? Greg Baylor Gregory S. Baylor Director, Center for Law Religious Freedom Christian Legal Society 8001 Braddock Road, Suite 300 Springfield, VA 22151 (703) 642-1070 x 3502 (703) 642-1075 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clsnet.org

Esbeck Article re Play in the Joints

2006-10-09 Thread Greg Baylor
I thought list members might be interested in this: Carl H. Esbeck, Play in the Joints Between the Religion Clauses and Other Supreme Court Catachreses, 34 Hofstra L. Rev. 1331 (2006). http://ssrn.com/abstract=934410 Abstract: Consistent with its fumbling of late when dealing with cases

Decision in Wisconsin State Employee Charitable Campaign Case

2006-10-03 Thread Greg Baylor
75-S-09-29-06.PDF. The court held that it was unreasonable under the circumstances for Wisconsin to exclude these religious charities from the campaign. The court distinguished the Second Circuit's decision in Boy Scouts v. Wyman. My organization represents the plaintiff in the case. Greg Baylor

RE: 4th Circuit rules (again) in favor of the Good News Club

2006-08-11 Thread Greg Baylor
CLS did not take a position in the Wiccan case. Greg Baylor Gregory S. BaylorDirector, Center for Law Religious FreedomChristian Legal Society8001 Braddock Road, Suite 300Springfield, VA 22151(703) 642-1070 x 3502(703) 642-1075 fax[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.clsnet.org From: [EMAIL

RE: 4th Circuit rules (again) in favor of the Good News Club

2006-08-11 Thread Greg Baylor
, the National School Boards Association and the Maryland Association of Boards of Education filed an amicus brief supporting the school district. Greg Baylor Gregory S. BaylorDirector, Center for Law Religious FreedomChristian Legal Society8001 Braddock Road, Suite 300Springfield, VA 22151(703) 642

RE: 4th Circuit rules (again) in favor of the Good News Club

2006-08-11 Thread Greg Baylor
suspect that this explains why numerous groups participated in the first but not the second appeal. Greg Baylor CLS From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed BraytonSent: Friday, August 11, 2006 4:41 PMTo: Law Religion issues for Law AcademicsSubject: Re: 4th Circuit

Seventh Circuit Decision in Christian Legal Society v. Southern Illinois University

2006-07-13 Thread Greg Baylor
On Monday, the Seventh Circuit issued a decision in a dispute between Southern Illinois University School of Law and the law school's Christian Legal Society chapter. Law school officials revoked the CLS chapter's recognition and attendant benefits on the ground that the chapter's statement of

RE: Christians Sue for Right Not to Tolerate Policies

2006-04-10 Thread Greg Baylor
The article is also poor in that it attributed to me comments I didn't make. The reporter wrote that I conveyed the idea that same-sex sexual attraction is a matter of choice rather than a genetically determined trait. I said no such thing. It also said that I predicted that the IRS would

RE: Alito Views SCOTUS Doctrine as Giving Impression of HostilitytoReligious Expression

2005-11-04 Thread Greg Baylor
religion. Greg Baylor Gregory S. Baylor Director, Center for Law Religious Freedom Christian Legal Society 8001 Braddock Road, Suite 300 Springfield, VA 22151 (703) 642-1070 x 3502 (703) 642-1075 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clsnet.org -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: Faith tests okayed for campus Christian group at ASU

2005-10-24 Thread Greg Baylor
e that the government lacks an interest that is sufficiently compelling to justify the substantial burden on the religious student group's right to exercise its religion freely. Greg Baylor From: Alan Brownstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 12:54 PMTo: [EMAIL