FedSoc Blog

Introducing the Freedom of Thought Project

• Alida Kass

There is a growing divide in this country over how to think about freedom of...

SCOTUS Asked If 5th Amendment Bars Compelling Defendants to Unlock Electronic Devices

• Nicole C. Hager

Last month, a New Jersey police officer who was under investigation for leaking information about...

How to Research the Constitutionality of Impeaching Former Presidents

• Robert G. Natelson

Recently I’ve pivoted from 38 years of writing books and law review articles to spending...

Groundhog Day: President Biden's China Strategy

• Michael D. Berry

On February 2, as Americans observed the quasi-holiday Groundhog Day, the Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer...

Does the Church Autonomy Doctrine Bar Courts from Hearing Tort Actions Arising from the Church-Minister Employment Relationship?

• Stephanie Taub

The U.S. Supreme Court’s most recent church autonomy cases have focused on the ministerial exception...

APABA-Indiana's Annual Lunar New Year CLE Program

On February 19, 2021 from 1:00-3:30pm ET, the Asian-Pacific American Bar Association of Indiana is...

FedSoc Faculty Fellowship

The Olin-Searle-Smith-Darling Fellows in Law program will offer top young legal thinkers the opportunity to...

A Minimum Wage Hike Would Kill Jobs and Hamstring Restaurants

• Elizabeth K. Dorminey

COVID-19 dealt a mule-kick to the solar plexus for small business, most especially restaurants. Now...

Does the Ministerial Exception Apply to Hostile Work Environment Claims?

• Victoria Dorfman

There is no longer any doubt that the ministerial exception exists, and courts and litigants...

The Spirit of the First Amendment Matters More than Ever in the Digital Age

• Seth Smitherman

In a 1999 Northwestern Law Review article, Professor Burt Neuborne noted that the First Amendment...