Do you consider yourself an ethical hunter and angler? I do, and you probably do, too. But at one time or another, you and I have been in situations where our ethics were questionable. I remember a ...

Bruce Hanes, the Montgomery County Register of Wills who has issued 34 gay marriage licenses in defiance of Pennsylvania law – and who was sued yesterday by the state, which demands that he ...

In Wisconsin, a pharmacist who is a devout Christian refused to fill a woman's prescription for birth-control pills. He also refused to transfer the prescription to another pharmacy. He now faces ...

Two major factors in the debate over whether bakers, florists, clergy and others must provide services for same-sex weddings are: 1.) The relationship between church and state; and 2.) Whether ...

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably ...

This essay reflects on a Sunday spent in Montgomery, Alabama, when a city and a state honored Rep. John Lewis. Here also is a pdf version for anyone that might like to have a copy of this material for ...

The United States, long a bastion of law, has a moment. That moment is its “return to the fold”, so to speak, regarding the rule of law and supporting human rights. Elihu Root, a former Secretary of ...

Can a legislature amend a law it previously passed and make it apply retroactively (i.e. backward in time)? No. Except when it can. That’s ambiguous, isn’t it? That was the issue in a lawsuit filed by ...

When asked about congressional intent during his Senate confirmation hearing in 1979, Harry Pregerson famously replied he would “try and find a way to follow my conscience and do what I perceived to ...

CHICAGO — A new law in Illinois weakens existing protections for religious liberty and conscience rights for hospitals, doctors and nurses — and could even force staff of crisis-pregnancy centers to ...

Today, as we reflect on the reinstatement of Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the Rivers State House of Assembly after a six-month suspension, it brings into sharp focus a timeless debate in governance: ...