Religious Movements, the State, and the Law: Reconceptualizing the Cult Problem
Reframing of conversation surrounding cults to focus on (1) activities escaping scrutiny b/c of First Amendment and (2) conflicts with other institutions
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Reframing of conversation surrounding cults to focus on (1) activities escaping scrutiny b/c of First Amendment and (2) conflicts with other institutions
Argues that viewing "religious totalism" as slavery is violation of 13th Amend., or at least implicates values giving rise to state interest to regulate
Examination of what "alternative religion" means, discussion of protections for alternative religions sourced in Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses
Response to Delgado, rejects regulation as justified under 13th Amendment for its coordinate violation of Free Exercise and Establishment clauses
Surveys and argues for reformation of the laws that remove black people from their land and shift ownerships from blacks to whites
Analyses readings of protections for people with disabilities, and argues for broad interpretations after the case of Southeasrn Community College v. Davis
Arguing that aliens have jurisdiction to bring torture claims under the Alien Tort Claims Act in federal court focusing upon the case of Filartiga v. Pena-lral
Examines the equal protection case for children born outside of marriage in the case Califano v. Boles
Analyses affirmative remedies imposed on municipalities to provide relief to plaintiffs in exclusionary zoning, by looking at 8th Cir. case: Black Jack III
Examining whether denying unemployment benefits when termination of employment was for religious reasons violates free exercise of religion
Arguing that in the labor-management context, whether something is arbitratable under an arbitration clause is a question for the arbitrator
Views mandatory retirement laws and policies as age discrimination and suggests viable alternatives