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ANALYSIS February 9, 2006
Supreme Court's Decision in Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England
Unanimous Court Sends Abortion Decision Back to Lower Court Download the Decision Analysis Download the Legal Backgrounder On January 18, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a lower federal court had erred in striking down in its entirety a Ne...
ANALYSIS February 1, 2006
Supreme Court's Decision in Gonzales v. Oregon : High Court Rejects Federal Regulation of Physician-Assisted Suicide
Download the Decision Analysis Download the Legal Backgrounder On January 17, 2006, the Supreme Court ruled that the 1970 Controlled Substances Act (CSA) does not give the U.S. attorney general the authority to prohibit Oregon doctors from prescri...
ANALYSIS September 30, 2005
Supreme Court Considers Challenge to Oregon's Death with Dignity Act: Gonzales v. Oregon and the Right to Die
Download the Legal Backgrounder Download the Decision Analysis On October 5, 2005, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Gonzales v. Oregon, a case arising from the conflict between Oregon's Death with Dignity Act and the U.S. attorney gene...
ANALYSIS July 27, 2005
Analysis of Ten Commandments Decisions
Download the complete analysis On June 27, 2005, the Supreme Court issued sharply divided decisions in two cases involving constitutional challenges to government-sponsored displays of the Ten Commandments. In McCreary County v. American Civil Lib...
ANALYSIS January 26, 2005
Religion & Public Life: A Faith-Based Partisan Divide
religion and politics report: religion and presidential elections
ANALYSIS November 1, 2004
Liberty and Power: A Dialogue on Religion and U.S. Foreign Policy in an Unjust World
Bryan Hehir, Michael Walzer, Charles Krauthammer, Louise Richardson, and Shibley Telhami Pew Forum Dialogues on Religion & Public Life E.J. Dionne Jr., Jean Bethke Elshtain, Kayla Drogosz, Series Editors Executive Summary (.pdf) Order the book...
ANALYSIS September 28, 2004
Politics and the Pulpit 2004: A Guide to the Internal Revenue Restrictions on the Political Activity of Religious Organizations
Download the complete report Note: An updated version of this report is now available as Politics and the Pulpit: 2008. During every election cycle, many religious congregations find themselves wondering what role, if any, they can play in the pol...
ANALYSIS July 16, 2004
Religion and the Death Penalty: A Call for Reckoning
This important book is sure to foster informed public discussion about the death penalty by deepening readers' understanding of how religious beliefs and perspectives shape this contentious issue. Featuring a fair, balanced appraisal of its topic, Religion and the Death Penalty brings thoughtful religious reflection to bear on current challenges facing the capital justice system.
ANALYSIS July 1, 2004
One Electorate Under God? A Dialogue on Religion and American Politics
Pew Forum Dialogues on Religion & Public Life E.J. Dionne Jr., Jean Bethke Elshtain, Kayla Drogosz, Series Editors Executive Summary (.pdf) Read about the Pew Forum Dialogues Series Order the book Save 20% with discount flyer The United States...
ANALYSIS November 1, 2003
Lifting Up the Poor: A Dialogue on Religion, Poverty, and Welfare Reform
Mary Jo Bane and Lawrence M. Mead Pew Forum Dialogues on Religion & Public Life E.J. Dionne Jr., Jean Bethke Elshtain, Kayla Drogosz, Series Editors Executive Summary (.pdf) Order the book Save 20% with discount flyer People who participate in...
ANALYSIS June 1, 2003
The Sacred and the Sovereign: Religion and International Politics
John D. Carlson and Erik C. Owens, eds. Georgetown University Press, 2003 $26.95 Until September 11th, 2001, few in the West fully appreciated the significance of religion in international politics. The terrible events of that day refocused our at...
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