https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to originalism en https://religiondispatches.org/2022/07/18/caught-fever-dream-originalism-can-scotus-majority-learn-lessons-early-america-its-too The separation of church and state feels like bedrock in America. It is, after all, part of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment—that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion”—which has traditionally been interpreted to mean… Mon, 18 Jul 2022 08:43:48 EDT J.L. Tomlin, Thomas Lecaque b0bd3de6-b907-4006-a16b-8f665e5ff5c2 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/05/11/dont-buy-alitos-assurances-heres-what-happens-next-after-roe-falls The leaked first draft of Associate Justice Samuel Alito’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson has sent shockwaves throughout the American psyche. This is a stunning reversal of women’s rights that have been in place for half a century . It… Wed, 11 May 2022 03:34:55 EDT Brynn Tannehill 8f88195d-cde9-4218-bc3a-552870401275 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/05/06/originalism-neednt-always-result-abortion-bans-just-ask-al-qaida When it comes to Roe v. Wade , some pro-choice voices have a jihadism problem. Posting about “Shariʿa” won’t help them. Critiquing originalism might. A subset of those infuriated by the leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would… Fri, 06 May 2022 04:27:14 EDT Nathan French 2bc57955-1063-4303-aec2-3dd9e58ffe8c https://religiondispatches.org/2022/05/05/end-roe-and-assault-trans-people-fail-see-bigger-picture-and-well-never-be-free In March, the State of Texas sent investigators to Amber and Adam Briggle’s home , saying they abused their trans son because they provided him gender-affirming care. In April, Texas police arrested Lizelle Herrera and charged her with murder for… Thu, 05 May 2022 10:45:03 EDT Jacqui Lewis 94226c9b-c107-47a8-8ed9-3fc8766b1c86 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/05/04/heres-what-hospital-care-could-look-post-roe-world Over two years ago, I and a team of researchers set out to learn how policies on abortion at Protestant hospitals in the South impact the medical care that pregnant patients—including those with serious health conditions—receive. What we found surprised… Wed, 04 May 2022 04:51:13 EDT Elizabeth Platt 5649499f-85fc-430c-b1dd-ba7ba4a8829e https://religiondispatches.org/2022/05/03/end-roe-and-school-prayer-america-not-ready-be-christian-nation Conservative Supreme Court justices are rewriting our Constitution . The leaked draft of Justice Alito’s majority opinion overturning Roe v. Wade radically alters American law and our understanding of constitutional rights . It isn’t the first consequential reversal from this… Tue, 03 May 2022 05:28:49 EDT Andrew L. Seidel 34374164-dbfb-4dd6-8316-24b574b906e4 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/05/03/how-evangelicalisms-twin-seeds-biblical-literalism-and-constitutional-originalism According to a leaked draft opinion published by Politico , the Supreme Court’s five constitutional originalists have joined Justice Alito in overturning Roe v. Wade . Many evangelicals are unsurprisingly elated. Legal scholars have found that belief that the Bible… Tue, 03 May 2022 04:26:57 EDT Austin Lee Steelman 0581c608-5537-4230-af7d-3b6207e70e10 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/01/29/stop-trying-save-jesus-fandamentalism-reinforces-problem-christian-supremacism If you’ve spent much time around fandoms, online or off, you’ve surely heard something like, “Celebrity X (or TV show, or book series, etc.) is great, but my God , their fans are the worst .” Of course, sometimes the… Fri, 29 Jan 2021 03:08:00 EST Chrissy Stroop 5995e403-eaee-4773-964e-aeef76ebb106 https://religiondispatches.org/2020/12/16/history-matters-400th-anniversary-plymouth-were-still-clinging-destructive-national Within William Bradford’s massive work, Of Plymouth Plantation, composed between 1630 and 1651 while he was occasional governor of the colony, there’s no mention of the eponymous rock upon which the pilgrims supposedly landed when they reached their permanent home… Wed, 16 Dec 2020 01:03:59 EST Ed Simon 195ba5e7-04de-4449-9b74-94dadb53d2d7 https://religiondispatches.org/2020/08/24/revelation-kurt-andersen-evil-geniuses-media-mandarin-discovers-plutocracy When I showed up at New York’s Judson Church in 1994 at least some of the wonderful congregants there were puzzled that I put so much emphasis on economic justice. They had called an openly gay minister, and some thought… Mon, 24 Aug 2020 04:17:59 EDT Peter Laarman 33eae052-2b39-4af7-8cd8-2bd0cd968a76 https://religiondispatches.org/2019/12/06/bill-barrs-belief-powerful-president-actually-religious-high-papal-fable A new book aims to show how Christianity continues to shape the West in unseen ways. But one scholar believes a more accurate summary of the argument is that modern secular society is actually saturated in a deep Roman Catholic ethos, which notably includes the doctrine of strong papal authority. Fri, 06 Dec 2019 02:57:03 EST Ivan Strenski 152a9b53-2bd4-447b-a320-f46e366ea7ff https://religiondispatches.org/2019/04/15/justice-thomas-fails-religious-test-answer Thomas’s opinion on religious tests wasn’t about right or wrong, or even of the Constitution, it’s a political argument designed to muzzle such questions in hopes of easing and paving a path for conservative justices who would place faith above the Constitution. Mon, 15 Apr 2019 02:25:17 EDT Andrew L. Seidel 399180ea-2cb6-4089-ae68-c458c4bb12de https://religiondispatches.org/2017/08/07/lady-vanishes-trumps-communications-team-tries-topple-monument The dustup between Stephen Miller and CNN’s Jim Acosta reveals American civil religious ideals in a colossal clash with administration policy. Mon, 07 Aug 2017 01:56:05 EDT Spencer Dew 1ddf7dcd-619a-46f8-b944-d114414da513 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/02/16/scalias-not-very-catholic-right-wing-originalism The late Antonin Scalia is rightly being remembered for almost single-handedly creating and promulgating the idea of “originalism,” the highly controversial doctrine that the Constitution is like a bug entombed in amber, forever frozen in its original meaning to the… Tue, 16 Feb 2016 01:38:14 EST Patricia Miller 660e0a71-aa65-4303-bea1-305b7e348ba0 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/06/26/marriage-decision-ode-love-and-four-provocations Today’s majority opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges, striking down state bans on same-sex marriage, is an ode to love—and the law. Authored by Justice Anthony Kennedy, who was joined by the Court’s four liberal justices, it’s also an homage to… Fri, 26 Jun 2015 02:01:47 EDT Sarah Posner b14c825b-ca2b-4b52-8d91-6ce3039c3e0d https://religiondispatches.org/2011/01/07/constitution-bible-and-fundamentalist-modernist-divide Originalists spontaneously amend the Constitution. Fri, 07 Jan 2011 10:58:54 EST Julie Ingersoll b7814391-787a-4a44-800f-aa5871ecaa81