Tag Archives: Law and the bible

The god problem in Texas charter schools

I have relentless animus about the god problem in the U.S.A. and its creepy attacks on the First Amendment by using the First Amendment in its legal arguments. And as the daughter of public school teachers, one of whom was … Continue reading

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“It’s too late,” says Carol King and a judge

It’s not quite a statute of limitations thing, but it’s a too-late thing, and it’s definitely a chutzpah thing. The defendant suddenly is asking that his jury be given an unexpected day off because of his religion? Well, we all … Continue reading

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What do you know about Magna Carta?

I knew some stuff. I’d spend years reading English history. But nobody can teach me like Jill Lepore and in the April 20 New Yorker, she did just that in her article: “The Rule of History: Magna Carta, the Bill … Continue reading

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