Re: Is Discussion of Justices' Religion Off Limits?

2014-07-11 Thread Marty Lederman
*Subject:* Is Discussion of Justices' Religion Off Limits? I replied that a judge's life experiences form at least part of his or her approach to resolving cases, and it is naïve to ignore this. Some Justices expressly pepper their opinions and speeches and books with this fact. Thomas

Re: Is Discussion of Justices' Religion Off Limits?

2014-07-11 Thread Richard Friedman
[ conlawprof-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] on behalf of Myron Moskovitz [ mmoskov...@ggu.edu] *Sent:* Friday, July 11, 2014 1:04 PM *To:* CONLAWPROF *Subject:* Is Discussion of Justices' Religion Off Limits? I replied that a judge's life experiences form at least part of his or her approach

RE: Is Discussion of Justices' Religion Off Limits?

2014-07-11 Thread Finkelman, Paul
...@lists.ucla.edu] on behalf of Richard Friedman [rdfrd...@umich.edu] Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 1:52 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Cc: CONLAWPROF Subject: Re: Is Discussion of Justices' Religion Off Limits? Well, one thing that might follow is a discussion of the extent to which we want

Re: Is Discussion of Justices' Religion Off Limits?

2014-07-11 Thread Marty Lederman
-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [ conlawprof-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] on behalf of Myron Moskovitz [ mmoskov...@ggu.edu] *Sent:* Friday, July 11, 2014 1:04 PM *To:* CONLAWPROF *Subject:* Is Discussion of Justices' Religion Off Limits? I replied that a judge's life experiences form at least

Re: Is Discussion of Justices' Religion Off Limits?

2014-07-11 Thread Levinson, Sanford V
...@lists.ucla.edu] on behalf of Myron Moskovitz [mmoskov...@ggu.edumailto:mmoskov...@ggu.edu] Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 1:04 PM To: CONLAWPROF Subject: Is Discussion of Justices' Religion Off Limits? I replied that a judge's life experiences form at least part of his or her approach to resolving cases

Re: Is Discussion of Justices' Religion Off Limits?

2014-07-11 Thread Richard Friedman
-- *From:* conlawprof-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [ conlawprof-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] on behalf of Myron Moskovitz [ mmoskov...@ggu.edu] *Sent:* Friday, July 11, 2014 1:04 PM *To:* CONLAWPROF *Subject:* Is Discussion of Justices' Religion Off Limits? I replied that a judge's life

Re: Is Discussion of Justices' Religion Off Limits?

2014-07-11 Thread Levinson, Sanford V
-boun...@lists.ucla.edumailto:conlawprof-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] on behalf of Richard Friedman [rdfrd...@umich.edumailto:rdfrd...@umich.edu] Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 1:52 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Cc: CONLAWPROF Subject: Re: Is Discussion of Justices' Religion Off Limits? Well

RE: Is Discussion of Justices' Religion Off Limits?

2014-07-11 Thread Graber, Mark
One problem with religion at present is that it is very, very, very unclear whether religion is doing any work at all. Consider the obvious. The five most religious Catholics on the court were appointed by conservative Republican presidents. The three Jews and the least religious Catholic on

Re: Is Discussion of Justices' Religion Off Limits?

2014-07-11 Thread Paul Finkelman
, July 11, 2014 1:52 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Cc: CONLAWPROF Subject: Re: Is Discussion of Justices' Religion Off Limits? Well, one thing that might follow is a discussion of the extent to which we want the Supreme Court to be demographically representative of the nation

Re: Is Discussion of Justices' Religion Off Limits?

2014-07-11 Thread Renee L. Cyr, Esq.
: Is Discussion of Justices' Religion Off Limits? Well, certainly recent Presidents have made some appointments of women in large part because they were women. I don't think anybody is denying the appropriateness of doing so. Is religion different in this respect? I wonder. If it is to any

Re: Is Discussion of Justices' Religion Off Limits?

2014-07-11 Thread Marc Stern
To: CONLAWPROF Subject: Is Discussion of Justices' Religion Off Limits? I replied that a judge's life experiences form at least part of his or her approach to resolving cases, and it is naïve to ignore this. Some Justices expressly pepper their opinions and speeches and books with this fact

RE: Is Discussion of Justices' Religion Off Limits?

2014-07-11 Thread Walsh, Kevin
...@lists.ucla.edu] on behalf of Finkelman, Paul [paul.finkel...@albanylaw.edu] Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 3:34 PM To: Levinson, Sanford V; Law Religion issues for Law Academics Cc: CONLAWPROF Subject: RE: Is Discussion of Justices' Religion Off Limits? Agreeing with Sandy, I would just add

RE: Is Discussion of Justices' Religion Off Limits?

2014-07-11 Thread Kniffin, Eric N.
] on behalf of Levinson, Sanford V [slevin...@law.utexas.edu] Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 3:02 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Cc: CONLAWPROF Subject: Re: Is Discussion of Justices' Religion Off Limits? Paul is correct on all counts. I'd be even stronger in emphasizing that none

RE: Is Discussion of Justices' Religion Off Limits?

2014-07-11 Thread Sisk, Gregory C.
Thanking Step Feldman for his mention, the empirical studies that Michael Heise, Andrew Morriss, and I have conducted on religious liberty decisions in the federal courts did indeed find that religion was an important factor on Free Exercise decisions - but it tended to the religion of the