Thursday, January 16, 2014
Gedicks is great . . . but wrong about exemptions and the Establishment Clause
As Michael Perry notes, Prof. Fred Gedicks -- one of the more prolific and important law-and-religion scholars of his generation -- argues that it would violate the Establishment Clause to exempt Hobby Lobby (et al.) from the contraception-coverage mandate. Other important and accomplished scholars have also made this claim. But, as Marc DeGirolami has explained, in this MOJ post, the argument is not persuasive.
https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2014/01/gedicks-is-great-but-wrong-about-exemptions-and-the-establishment-clause.html