Judge Christopher Murray of Michigan has ruled that the Michigan Secretary of State violated state election law. Secretary Joceyln Benson gave several election related orders that circumvented the Michigan legislative branch. Of specific note, Benson ordered that absentee ballots be sent to every registered voter. Furthermore, she said that absentee ballots should be assumed to be legitimate even if there were irregularities in the signatures of the absentee voter.
Read More“Yesterday’s liberals are today’s conservatives.” That quote seems to be true as indicated by one survey. A majority of Republicans now support same-sex marriage rights. Before Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court case which resulted in nationwide gay marriage rights, it was a common Republican/conservative talking point to oppose homosexuality.
Read MoreBefore the 14th Amendment was enacted in 1868, the Supreme Court had ruled that the protections of the Bill of Rights only applied to the federal government and not to state governments. Though the 14th Amendment’s Due Process Clause would gradually be used to incorporate the Bill of Rights to the states, the lack of major challenges to the presumptive accommodationist system after the 14th Amendment’s ratification lends itself to being more consistent with accommodationism than strict separationism.
Read More“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…” Ever since they were ratified, these immortal opening words of the 1st Amendment have been the subject of heated controversy over the place of religion in the United States. What does it mean for a law to respect an establishment of religion?
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