American crusade : how the Supreme Court is weaponizing religious freedom /
Seidel, Andrew L,
American crusade : how the Supreme Court is weaponizing religious freedom / Andrew L. Seidel ; foreword by Erwin Chemerinsky. - ix, 306 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-298) and index.
"Seidel examines some of the key Supreme Court cases of the last thirty years--including Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (a bakery that refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple), Trump v. Hawaii (the anti-Muslim travel ban case), American Legion v. American Humanist Association (related to a group maintaining a 40-foot Christian cross on government-owned land), and Tandon v. Newsom (a Santa Clara Bible group exempted from Covid health restrictions), as well as the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade--and how a hallowed legal protection, freedom of religion, has been turned into a tool to advance privilege and impose religion on others. This is a meticulously researched and deeply insightful account of our political landscape with a foreword provided by noted constitutional scholar Erwin Chemerinsky, author of The Case Against the Supreme Court"--provided by publisher.
9781454943921 1454943920
United States. Supreme Court --Cases.
United States. Supreme Court --History.
Freedom of religion--History.--United States
Church and state--History.--United States
Judicial opinions--History.--United States
Judges--Attitudes--History.--United States
Political questions and judicial power--United States.
American crusade : how the Supreme Court is weaponizing religious freedom / Andrew L. Seidel ; foreword by Erwin Chemerinsky. - ix, 306 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-298) and index.
"Seidel examines some of the key Supreme Court cases of the last thirty years--including Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (a bakery that refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple), Trump v. Hawaii (the anti-Muslim travel ban case), American Legion v. American Humanist Association (related to a group maintaining a 40-foot Christian cross on government-owned land), and Tandon v. Newsom (a Santa Clara Bible group exempted from Covid health restrictions), as well as the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade--and how a hallowed legal protection, freedom of religion, has been turned into a tool to advance privilege and impose religion on others. This is a meticulously researched and deeply insightful account of our political landscape with a foreword provided by noted constitutional scholar Erwin Chemerinsky, author of The Case Against the Supreme Court"--provided by publisher.
9781454943921 1454943920
United States. Supreme Court --Cases.
United States. Supreme Court --History.
Freedom of religion--History.--United States
Church and state--History.--United States
Judicial opinions--History.--United States
Judges--Attitudes--History.--United States
Political questions and judicial power--United States.