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Here is the text of the Virginia Supreme Court decision in the redistricting case — a 4-3 decision along predictable lines. The difference in tone between the majority and dissent also has a familiar asymmetry to it.
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Now that we’re talking about the most boring lectures we’ve heard by famous philosophers, there was Habermas at Newcomb Hall (maybe part of Rorty’s theory seminar in 1997?), but easily topped by Alasdair MacIntyre in the Dome Room droning on about the prelinguistic rationality of dolphins.
I’m just trying to get a rough sense of the contours of the proposed coercion/hallmarks principle(s). But given the difficulty of parsing symbols under Lemon, I realize we might need more examples to help us understand the Court’s new simple, bright line, easily administered rules. /end.
An especially apt piece to read today. @jacobtlevy.bsky.social
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This piece by Lael Weinberger (h/t @shbarclay.bsky.social) argues that a Texas law requiring public schools to post the 10 Commandments in all classrooms isn’t coercive — and so not a violation of the Establishment Clause. I have some questions. /1
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By this reasoning, could Texas require public schools to post crucifixes in every classroom? What about a picture of Jesus next to words “I am the way, the truth, and the life”? /2
Or suppose in addition to the 10 Commandments, one town adds KJV John 14:6 (from above), and then another decides to go with the quotation below. (We’re doing con law here — not asking about whether any of this is sensible policy.) Still good? /4
The Virginia Law Review has published a tribute to Fred Schauer. I am grateful to the editors for making this possible and for bringing together this set of reflections on Fred's life and work.
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Could a school post Quranic verses declaring that Islam is the only true faith? What about similar statements for non-Abrahamic or non-monotheistic faiths? (Or is Scalia’s dissenting view in McCreary County now effectively the law, and so much the worse for non-monotheistic traditions?) /3
BREAKING NEWS! Federal employees sue Trump administration over forced religion in the workplace, violations of church-state separation
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