Description
Book SynopsisThis book examines significant clashes in First and Fourteenth Amendment issues in America. Any course in America that studies constitutional issues may benefit from focusing on a variety of issues raised in this book, including child torture and access to mandatory reporters, placing children into adoptive homes, prayer in public schools, religious tax exemptions, roadside memorials, military draft exemptions, access to contraceptive and family planning services, regulation of broadcast media, business exercises of religious freedom, issues in immigration detention, tribal sovereignty, and issues of political correctness and conspiracy theories. Whether you are studying these particular issues, reading the book in a legal studies course, or teaching a course in the First and/or Fourteenth Amendments, this book offers a way to dig into some of the most pressing issues in clashes between the rights as they are defined and negotiated in contemporary American life. The stakes are high
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments – Kevin A. Johnson/Jennifer J. Asenas: Introduction: Religious Freedom v. Equal Protection: Clashing American Rights – Lindsey A. Sherrill: Child Protection v. Parental Rights: Homeschooling and Abuse in the United States – Pamela L. Morris/Susan H. Sarapin: On the Dole for the Homeless Soul: Religious and Sex Discrimination by Sectarian Adoption Services – Adrienne E. Hacker Daniels/Sergio Pena: The State of ‘Writing’ a Judicial Wrong: Renewing Legislative Hesed in Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Grumet – M. Elizabeth Thorpe: Flag on the Play: Equal Protection Clause, the Establishment Clause, and Prayer at School and School Sporting Events – Juliet Dee: Will Thomas Jefferson’s Wall Come a’ Tumblin’ Down? Propping Up the Johnson Amendment – Amanda Reid: Roadside Memorial Crosses: Highway to Healing or Crossroads of Conflict – David R. Dewberry/Pat Arneson: The Recognition of Religiosity: Taze Gibson, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 – Skye de Saint Felix: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (2014): How Rhetorical Strategies Invoking Religious Freedom Harm Women and LGBTQ+ Persons – Joseph Sery: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby and the Supreme Court’s Three- Sphere Monte – Jason Zenor: Prejudice, Politics, and Privilege: The Evolution of Religious Freedom in the United States and Its Disparate Impact on Native Americans – DianaI. Martínez/ Jamila Cupid/Robert Mejia: Equal Protection Excess: Visualizing the Effects of Christian Nationalism – Ann E. /Rebekah L. Fox: If It Was Never About a Cake, What Was It About? How Members of the Public Framed the Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission Supreme Court Ruling – Mark Ward Sr.: Up in the Air: Media Access and Religious Freedom – Logan Spence: The War on Christmas: Conspiracy Rhetoric and Political Correctness – Contributors – Index.
