Posted by Eugene Volokh: "The Connecticut Legislature's Preposterously Unconstitutional Attack on Catholicism": http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_03_08-2009_03_14.shtml#1236722893
[1]Prof. Rick Hills (PrawfsBlawg) has more on the bill, and on why it's unconstitutional. My friend [2]Prof. Rick Garnett has also posted an open letter drafted by Doug Laycock -- one of the leading Religion Clauses experts in the nation -- which I had the pleasure of signing, together with several other professors. I'm pretty sure that the signatories disagree on a great deal about Religion Clauses law, but we certainly agree on this. And my Mayer Brown colleague [3]Philip Lacovara has published a [4]letter with his own legal analysis, with which I also agree. (I learned of the letter from a religion-and-the-law discussion list, entirely outside my Mayer work.) The proposal seems to have been [5]tabled by the legislature for now. Let's hope it stays that way. References 1. http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/2009/03/the-connecticut-legislatures-preposterously-unconstitutional-attack-on-catholicism.html 2. http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/2009/03/law-profs-get-results-connecticut-bill-tabled-for-now.html 3. http://www.mayerbrown.com/lawyers/profile.asp?hubbardid=L454506994 4. http://www.bridgeportdiocese.com/Fight_1098.shtml 5. http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/2009/03/law-profs-get-results-connecticut-bill-tabled-for-now.html _______________________________________________ Volokh mailing list [email protected] http://lists.powerblogs.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volokh
