{"id":298,"date":"2010-07-13T16:24:55","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T16:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lynnvsekulow\/2010\/07\/kagan-and-religious-liberty-to.html"},"modified":"2010-07-13T16:24:55","modified_gmt":"2010-07-13T16:24:55","slug":"kagan-and-religious-liberty-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lynnvsekulow\/2010\/07\/kagan-and-religious-liberty-to.html","title":{"rendered":"Kagan And Religious Liberty: Too Bad We Didn’t Learn More"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jay, <\/p>\n

I think you know how I feel<\/a> about the National Day of Prayer decision. I think it’s a good one and I hope it sticks. <\/p>\n

Let’s turn now to other current events. The Senate Judiciary Committee proceedings have
\ncome to an end, and now we must wait to see if Elena Kagan will be confirmed as
\nthe newest Supreme Court justice. <\/p>\n

I’m not sure how you feel, but I for one wish we could have
\nlearned more about where Kagan stands on crucial church-state issues. <\/p>\n

Americans United called on<\/a> the Senate Judiciary Committee to
\nquestion the Supreme Court nominee on her views concerning a range of
\nchurch-state issues. On June 23, AU sent a letter to Committee Chairman Sen.
\nPatrick Leahy and ranking minority member Sen. Jeff Sessions. In the letter,
\nAmericans United asked the senators to question Kagan about specific records
\nstemming from her service in the Clinton administration and her testimony to
\nthe Senate during her confirmation hearing as solicitor general. <\/p>\n


\nSenators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Benjamin Cardin
\n(D-Md.), in particular, raised questions<\/a> in the hearing relating to Kagan’s
\nviews of church-state separation and religious liberty. <\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Kagan
\nwas not asked the more specific questions raised in AU’s letter, and she was
\nquite general in most of her answers.  (For example, she refused to share
\nher thoughts on the recent Supreme Court decision in Christian Legal Society
\nv. Martinez<\/i>). <\/p>\n

I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what happens. If she
\nis confirmed, we will surely learn where she stands on religious liberty issues
\nwhen the court next term hears Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization
\nv. Winn<\/i><\/a>. The case deals with the constitutionality of an Arizona
\ntuition-tax credit program that benefits religious schools. <\/p>\n

It should be interesting.
 <\/p>\n

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