Today, in what will surely be one of the most discussed days of the 2019 term, the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in three cases concerning the scope of Title VII’s prohibition against workplace discrimination “because of the individual’s . . . sex.” (42 U.S....
Sarah Henry, (202) 238-9088 ext. 105, shenry@americanhumanist.org
(Washington D.C., June 20, 2019) – The U.S. Supreme Court today reversed the earlier U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit decision in the ongoing Bladensburg cross litigation. The court will allow the Bladensburg cross...
NEW: The American Humanist Association's Denver chapter, Secular Hub, featured our recent event with Colorado Supreme Court Justice Melissa Hart in their most recent podcast episode! Listen to host Jesse Gilbertson and Hub founder Becky Greben discuss the event in "Episode 41-All Rise".
This spring the Supreme Court will rule on the American Humanist Association’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a forty-foot Latin cross on public property in Bladensburg, Maryland, and conservatives are hoping that the court uses the case to revise longstand...
David Niose, (202) 238-9088, dniose@americanhumanist.org
(Washington, D.C., March 5, 2019) -- The Humanist Legal Society has launched a new program linking its members to humanism-related continuing legal education (CLE) courses in partnership with the online learning center Humanist Learnin...
Asked whether the United States is a Christian nation, about half of Americans surveyed answer yes.1 The conclusion that America is a Christian nation is not descriptive but aspirational: over half of Americans believe that being Christian is either “very” or “somewhat” important to being a good American.
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As I read pundits commenting on the Bladensburg cross lawsuit (Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission v. American Humanist Association, which will be argued before the Supreme Court tomorrow) I sometimes wonder if we’re looking at the same cross. For many...
Read Humanist Legal Society Vice President Caroline Mala Corbin's latest article in the Washington and Lee Law Review. Click here to access this article.
When conservatives discuss legal philosophy, they like to talk history. Under the banner of originalism—the approach to legal analysis that interprets the US Constitution as it was understood at the time of drafting—conservatives see the mindset of the framers as paramou...