John Q. Barrett Volokh Conspiracy Mattone Center for Law & Religion 303 Creative seems to suggest a new rule: the state cannot compel speech, period, even without going through the strict scrutiny analysis. But we'll have to see whether the Court sticks to that position in future cases.

Volokh Conspiracy John Q. Barrett Mattone Center for Law & Religion That’s a good point, and the New Jersey case concerns a statutory, not constitutional, right to privacy. Still, it seems to me there’s a difference between asking kids to state their religions and asking kids to sign an attendance sheet, e.g.

I miss my days collaborating with Marc O. DeGirolami.

Remember the Republic of #Artsakh, an Armenian political entity that had every right to exist, survive and flourish.

In ATW: the 9th Circuit held that a religious exemption in Title IX does not violate Equal Protection; a District Court in Texas found the Johnson Amendment unconstitutional as it applies to churches; and more. lawandreligionforum.org

From Columbia Univ Press, a new book on the role of the Black Church in US policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In this week's Scholarship Roundup: lawandreligionforum.org/2024/09/05/the…

Here's a nice writeup by Kelsey Dallas about our recent Legal Spirits episode on a school district's decision to survey students about their religion: deseret.com/faith/2024/09/…

The Sixth Circuit finds that a prison likely violated the Free Exercise clause for not providing adequate prayer space for Muslim inmates; an Indiana District Court finds that teaching evolution in school doesn’t violate the Establishment Clause; and more. lawandreligionforum.org/2024/09/09/aro…

Mark Movsesian (Mark Movsesian) has upgraded himself from law professor to bona fide "podcast host." Love to see it. h/t Kelsey Dallas for covering the episode. deseret.com/faith/2024/09/…

Definitely an upgrade.

In this week's Scholarship Roundup, a new book by Nate Oman on law and LDS thought: lawandreligionforum.org/2024/09/12/oma…

Finished off the work week by recording a new Legal Spirits podcast with int'l human rights advocate Karnig Kerkonian on the one-year anniversary of the ethnic cleansing of Karabakh's Christian Armenians. Episode will drop next week. Stay tuned.

Nice essay on the 1500-year presence of the Christian Armenian community in Jerusalem and the threats the community faces today.

My new book is out! Religious Freedom without the Rule of Law. Thanks to John Witte, Norman Doe, Center for the Study of Law & Religion at Emory, Tommaso Frosini, Francesco Biagi, among the many! Heads up for International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Mattone Center for Law & Religion doi.org/10.1163/978900…

The author unfortunately overlooks the fact that a genocide of the Empire's Christians began in the late 19th century, while the Ottoman caliphate was still in effect. Perhaps 300K Armenian Christians died in the Hamidian Massacres in the mid-1890s.

The Supreme Court of South Carolina refuses to allow private school students to benefit from a state scholarship program; the highest court in Ukraine formally bans the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the country's largest religious organization; and more. lnkd.in/exTjpyvA

Powerful Save Armenia: A Judeo-Christian Alliance briefing on the Ethnic & Religious Cleansing of Armenian #Artsakh on Capitol Hill. Encouraging seeing unity in support of #Armenia. Fascinating panel with Suzanne Grishman Mercury One, David Curry Global Christian Relief, @SamBrownback, Eric Ueland USCIRF, Aram

One year after the ethnic cleansing of Christian Armenians in Karabakh, lawyer Karnig Kerkonian describes efforts to hold Azerbaijan responsible in international fora & the role of religion in the conflict. A new Legal Spirits episode. Listen in. lawandreligionforum.org/2024/09/18/leg…

The ethnic cleansing of Christian Armenians a year ago didn't result from religion per se--but religion, as a cultural and communal marker, had an important role in motivating the campaign against them. One of the points I discuss with Karnig Kerkonian in a new Legal Spirits episode:

An excellent episode on the Armenian Christians of Karabakh (#Artsakh) and the ethnic cleansing carried out by #Azerbaijan a year ago.