“Most Americans ‘OK’ with a mosque in their community”
Read a March 24, 2011, CNN blog post about newly released poll results indicating that most Americans would be “OK” with having a mosque in their community.
Category: Law & courts
“The Constitutional Status of RLUIPA”
Read a Pew Forum legal backgrounder on RLUIPA released March 17, 2005.
“To What Extent Can Congress Regulate Religious Freedom?”
Read the transcript of a March 17, 2005, Pew Forum expert panel discussion on RLUIPA.
“Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Speaks at the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy’s RLUIPA Event”
Read remarks by Thomas E. Perez, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s civil rights division, marking the law’s 10th anniversary.
“Justice Department Issues Report on 10th Anniversary of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act”
A September 2010 news release issued by the Justice Department about its report marking RLUIPA’s 10th anniversary.
RLUIPA.org
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty has an informational RLUIPA website providing a list of relevant cases, background, law review articles and other material.
Marshall J. Breger
Marshall J. Breger is a law professor at the Columbus School of Law at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. His research focuses on public policy from a Jewish perspective. He edited the book Public Policy and Social Issues: Jewish Sources and Perspectives (Praeger, 2003).
David Fagelson
David Fagelson is associate professor of justice, law and society for the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, D.C. He wrote the article “Rights and Duties: The Ethical Obligation to Serve the Poor” for the journal Law & Inequality (1999).
“VP Role for Paul Ryan Has His Former Parish Priest Worried”
Read a statement from the Center for Media and Democracy’s PR Watch saying the budget worried Ryan’s former parish priest.