Articles by: Greg Halperin

 

• Making Sense of the Establishment Clause Test for Public Displays of Religion

  First Amendment March 1, 2012 at 11:28 pm 2 comments

  Each year, over 50,000 skiers and snowboarders visit the ski slopes at Big Mountain in northwest Montana, just 66 miles from the Canadian border.  This year, the mountain has set the stage for a battle between atheists and religious groups over the fate of a six-foot statue of Jesus that [...]

   

• Resolving Conflicts Between Professional Ethics, Religious Beliefs, and Free Speech

  Education, First Amendment, LGBTQ Rights January 11, 2012 at 7:46 pm 0 comments

  For the last seventy-five years, Augusta, Georgia has predominantly been known for its connection to the Masters, one of the nation’s most tradition-laden events in all of sports.  But less than a mile from Magnolia Lane, Augusta State University (ASU) has become embroiled in a legal controversy with a former [...]

   

• Delegation of Police Power to Religiously Affiliated Universities

  First Amendment November 26, 2011 at 12:52 am 0 comments

  The Supreme Court of North Carolina held this month that the arrest of a drunk driver by a police officer of a private Presbyterian university did not violate the Establishment Clause.  The ruling represents a major victory for religiously affiliated universities throughout the country, many of which have their own [...]

   

• Erosion of Lee v. Weisman in the Lower Courts

  First Amendment October 17, 2011 at 8:46 am 5 comments

  Last month, in one of the largest curtailments of the Establishment Clause in recent history, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that public schools in Wisconsin could hold high school graduation ceremonies in churches without offending the First Amendment. For nearly ten years, Brookfield Central and Brookfield East high [...]