In a TV interview last month, House Speaker Mike Johnson raised eyebrows by asserting that Framers welcomed religion in public life and that the Establishment Clause protects religion from the encroac

Recently, many people have been talking about classical lawspecifically whether classical law, with its focus on Christian universals and natural law concepts, can make a comeback in American law sch

Welcome back! In our first Legal Spirits episode of the academic year, we interview our friend, law professor Tom Berg (University of St. Thomas) about his new book, Religious Liberty in a Polarized A

In our traditional end-of-term wrap up, Marc and Mark discuss the Supreme Courts decisions in two cases: Groff v. DeJoy, the Title VII religious accommodations case, and 303 Creative v. Elenis, the w

In this episode, Marc and Mark offer some thoughts about the Biden Administration Department of Educations guidance issued earlier this month (the first since 2020) on prayer and religious expression

In this episode, Marc and Mark discuss the background and recent oral argument before the Supreme Court in Groff v. DeJoy, a case about religious accommodation in the workplace under Title VII. The ca

In this podcast, Marc and Mark discuss some of the common themes in two books that we recently read and reflected on with our students in the Centers Reading Society: Walter M. Miller, Jr.s A Cantic

Last month, the Center co-sponsored a panel, The Rise of the Nones and American Law, featuring Professors Steven Collis (University of Texas), Mark Movsesian (St. Johns) and Gregory Sisk (Universit

For our first podcast of 2023, we are delighted to welcome Professor Nicholas Aroney of the University of Queensland Law School, a distinguished constitutional law scholar who has co-edited (with Prof

Last month, a federal court ruled that New York could constitutionally restrict the sale of alcohol when New Years falls on a Sunday, as it will this year. In our final podcast of 2022, we discuss th