Eric Rassbach
Eric Rassbach is deputy general counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.
Faith: Christianity
National League of Cities
The National League of Cities is a national advocacy group representing some 19,000 cities, villages and towns across the country. Contact Gregory Minchak or Amanda Straub.
Elizabeth Merritt
Elizabeth Merritt is deputy general counsel at the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Ross K. Baker
Ross Baker is a political science professor at Rutgers University and the author of Strangers on a Hill: Congress and the Court, which examines RLUIPA’s evolution.
“In the Character of a Village, It’s Property vs. Religion”
Read a June 26, 2005, New York Times story about legal battles that pit property rights against religious rights.
“Praying for a Bigger Church. Suing, Too.”
Read a May 2, 2005, New York Times story on a church in New Jersey.
“Property rights: not a given for churches”
Read a Feb. 16, 2005, Christian Science Monitor story focusing on the eminent domain issues in the Kelo v. the City of New London case.
“Justices Rule Cities Can Take Property for Private Development”
Read a June 23, 2005, New York Times story about the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Kelo v. City of New London (Conn.)
“Where Religion Meets Real Estate, a Developer and a Town Face Off”
Read a Jan. 21, 2007, New York Times article about an RLUIPA dispute involving a rabbinical college in Pomona, N.Y.