M. Thorne

The Mind of the Supremes

How have the current justices decided establishment clause cases in the past? That should give us a good…

May 01 2004
Schools Are Special

In the case of Newdow v. U.S. Congress the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Congress violated…

November 01 2003
The Tangled Web of Ceremonial Deism
Remember last June? For some a time of infamy. For others a brave judicial finding. Three judges of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled that the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance endorses a religious belief; that when
September 01 2003