U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law
Jul. 14, 2020
Undermining the religion clauses of the First Amendment
The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority is dramatically expanding protection for religions at the expense of all of us and undermining the crucial separation of church and state.
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law
UC Berkeley School of Law
Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).
The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority is dramatically expanding protection for religions at the expense of all of us and undermining the crucial separation of church and state. Last week, the court held that religious schools are exempt from employment discrimination laws. The same day, the court also ruled that the Trump administration could adopt rules allowing employers who have religious or conscience objections to contraceptives to refuse to provide insu...
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