Douglas Laycock

  • Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus

Douglas Laycock is perhaps the nation’s leading authority on the law of religious liberty and also on the law of remedies. He has taught and written about these topics for more than four decades at the University of Chicago, the University of Texas, the University of Michigan and the University of Virginia. He retired from teaching at UVA Law School in May 2023. 

Laycock has testified frequently before Congress and has argued many cases in the courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, where he has served as lead counsel in six cases and has also filed influential amicus briefs. He is the author (co-author in the most recent edition) of the leading casebook Modern American Remedies, the award-winning monograph The Death of the Irreparable Injury Rule and many articles in leading law reviews. He co-edited a collection of essays, Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty.

His many writings on religious liberty have been republished in a five-volume collection:

  • Religious Liberty Volume One: Overviews and History
  • Religious Liberty Volume Two: The Free Exercise Clause
  • Religious Liberty Volume Three: Religious Freedom Restoration Acts, Same-Sex Marriage Legislation, and the Culture Wars
  • Religious Liberty Volume Four: Federal Legislation After the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, with More on the Culture Wars
  • Religious Liberty Volume Five: The Free Speech and Establishment Clauses

Laycock resigned from the council and as first vice president of the American Law Institute to become co-reporter for the Restatement (Third) of Torts: Remedies. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He earned his B.A. from Michigan State University and his J.D. from the University of Chicago.

Scholarship Profile: "A Towering Figure" (Virginia Journal 2011)

 

 

Education

  • J.D.
    University of Chicago Law School
    1973
  • B.A.
    Michigan State University
    1970

Works in Progress

Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Remedies | Council Draft No. 2 (with Richard L. Hasen & American Law Institute), American Law Institute Publishers (2023).
Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Remedies | Preliminary Draft No. 3 (with Richard L. Hasen & American Law Institute), American Law Institute Publishers (2023).
Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Remedies | Tentative Draft No. 2 (with Richard L. Hasen & American Law Institute), American Law Institute Publishers (2023).

Books

Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Remedies - Tentative Draft No. 1 (with Richard L. Hasen & American Law Institute), American Law Institute Publishers (2022).
Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Remedies - Council Draft No. 1 (with Richard L. Hasen & American Law Institute), American Law Institute Publishers (2021).
Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Remedies - Preliminary Draft No. 2 (with Richard L. Hasen & American Law Institute), American Law Institute Publishers (2021).
Religious Liberty: Volume Five — The Free Speech and Establishment Clauses, W. B. Eerdmans (2018).
Religious Liberty: Volume Four — Federal Legislation after the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, with More on the Culture Wars , W. B. Eerdmans (2018).
Religious Liberty: Volume Three—Religious Freedom Restoration Acts, Same-Sex Marriage Legislation, and the Culture Wars , W. B. Eerdmans (2018).
Religious Liberty: Volume Two—The Free Exercise Clause, W. B. Eerdmans (2011).
Religious Liberty: Volume One—Overviews and History, W. B. Eerdmans (2010).
Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty: Emerging Conflicts (edited with Anthony M. Picarello & Robin Fretwell Wilson), Rowman and Littlefield (2008).
The Death of the Irreparable Injury Rule, Oxford University Press (1991).

Textbooks

Modern American Remedies: Cases and Materials, 2020 Supplement (with Richard L. Hasen), Wolters Kluwer (5 ed. 2021).
Modern American Remedies: Cases and Materials (with Richard L. Hasen), Wolters Kluwer (5 ed. 2019).
Modern American Remedies: Cases and Materials, Concise 5th ed. (with Richard L. Hasen), Wolters Kluwer (Concise 5th ed. 2019).

Book Chapters

Liberty and Justice For All, in Religious Freedom, LGBT Rights, and the Prospects for Common Ground, Cambridge University Press, 24–37 (2019).
Opening Essay: Protecting Religious Liberty in the Culture Wars, in Deep Commitments: The Past, Present, and Future of Religious Liberty, Cato Institute, 21–33 (2017).
Religious Liberty, Health Care, and the Culture Wars, in Law, Religion, and Health in the United States, Cambridge University Press, 21–33 (2017).
Protecting Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty (with Thomas C. Berg), in Religion and Equality: Law in Conflict, Routledge, 167–182 (2016).
The Campaign against Religious Liberty, in The Rise of Corporate Religious Liberty, Oxford University Press, 231–255 (2016).
Religious Liberty Is a Secular Liberal Value, in Free to Serve: Protecting the Religious Freedom of Faith-Based Organizations, Brazos Press, 160–163 (2015).
Remedies, in The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History, Oxford University Press (2009).
Afterword, in Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty: Emerging Conflicts, Rowman and Littlefield, 189–208 (2008).
Desegregation, Affirmative Action, and the Ten-Percent Law, in The Texas Book: Profiles, History, and Reminiscences of the University, University of Texas Press (2006).
Employment in Religious Organizations (with Patrick J. Schiltz), in Religious Organizations in the United States: A Study of Identity, Liberty, and the Law, Carolina Academic Press, 527–563 (2006).
Protecting Liberty in a Federal System: The US Experience, in Patterns of Federalism and Regionalism: Lessons for the UK, Hart Publishing, 119–148 (2006).
La Religion et l’État aux États-Unis: Affrontement des Théories et Changements Historiques, in La Conception Américaine de la Laïcité , Dalloz (2005).
Zoning (with Thomas C. Berg), in Encyclopedia of Religious Freedom, Routledge (2003).
Introduction, in Hopwood v. Texas Litigation Documents, William S. Hein & Co., xv-xxiv (2002).
Closing Remarks, in Charles Alan Wright: The Man and the Scholar: A Tribute, Jamail Center for Legal Research University of Texas School of Law, 43 (2000).
Theories of Interpretation: Free Exercise and Establishment Clause: General, in Religion and American Law: An Encyclopedia, Garland (2000).
Supreme Court Review, in United States Catholic Conference, Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth National Meeting of Diocesan Attorneys, 5 (1998).
Original Intent and the Constitution Today, in The First Freedom: Religion and the Bill of Rights, J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies, 87–112 (1 ed. 1990).
Tort Liability, Spiritual Counseling, and the First Amendment, in Tort and Religion, American Bar Association, 23 (1990).
The Right to Church Autonomy as Part of Free Exercise of Religion , in Government Intervention in Religious Affairs, II, The Pilgrim Press, 28–39 (1986).

Articles & Reviews

Doug Rendleman and the Law of Remedies, 78 Washington & Lee Law Review 28–32 (2021).
Protecting Free Exercise Under Smith and After Smith (with Thomas C. Berg), 2020-2021 Cato Supreme Court Review 33 (2021).
The Right to Be Wrong, First Things (2020).
Espinoza, Government Funding, and Religious Choice (with Thomas C. Berg), 35 Journal of Law and Religion 361–379 (2020).
Book Review (reviewing Robin Fretwell Wilson ed., The Contested Place of Religion in Family Law) 61 Journal of Church and State 332 (2019).
Legislators on Executive-Branch Boards Are Unconstitutional, Period, 28 William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal 1–22 (2019).
The Broader Implications of Masterpiece Cakeshop, 2019 Brigham Young University Law Review 167–204 (2019).
The Wedding-Vendor Cases, 41 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 49–66 (2018).
Churches, Playgrounds, Government Dollars—and Schools?, 131 Harvard Law Review 133–169 (2017).
Generally Applicable Law and the Free Exercise of Religion (with Steven T. Collis), 95 Nebraska Law Review 1–27 (2016).
Religious Liberty for Politically Active Minority Groups: A Response to NeJaime and Siegel, 125 Yale Law Journal Forum 369–386 (2016).
Review of Thomas E. Buckley, Establishing Religious Freedom: Jefferson’s Statute in Virginia (reviewing Thomas E. Buckley, Establishing Religious Freedom: Jefferson’s Statute in Virginia) 77 Theological Studies 743–744 (2016).
Neither Side Got What It Wanted: What Obama’s Non-Discrimination Executive Order Means Going Forward, First Things (2014).
Gay Rights and Religious Freedom: Can We Find Common Ground? (with Abba Cohen et al.), Moment (2014).
Imaginary Contradictions: A Reply to Professor Oleske, 67 Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc 89–96 (2014).
Religious Liberty and the Culture Wars, 2014 University of Illinois Law Review 839–880 (2014).
Edward Schempp and His Family, 38 Journal of Supreme Court History 63–79 (2013).
Protecting Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty (with Thomas C. Berg), 99 Virginia Law Review in Brief 1–9 (2013).
Hosanna-Tabor and the Ministerial Exception, 35 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 839–862 (2012).
Restoring Restitution to the Canon (reviewing American Law Institute, Restatement (Third) of Restitution and Unjust Enrichment) 110 Michigan Law Review 929–952 (2012).
RLUIPA: Necessary, Modest, and Under-Enforced (with Luke W. Goodrich), 39 Fordham Urban Law Journal 1021–1072 (2012).
The Neglected Defense of Undue Hardship (and the Doctrinal Train Wreck in Boomer v. Atlantic Cement), 4 Journal of Tort Law art. 3 (2012).
Government Sponsored Religious Displays: Transparent Rationalizations and Expedient Post Modernism, 61 Case Western Reserve Law Review 1211–1252 (2011).
Reviews of a Lifetime, 89 Texas Law Review 949–966 (2011).
Sex, Atheism, and the Free Exercise of Religion, 88 University of Detroit Mercy Law Review 407–432 (2011).
A Conscripted Prophet’s Guesses about the Future of Religious Liberty in America, 2010 Fides et Libertas 62–75 (2010).
Conference Introduction: American Religious Liberty, French Laïcité, and the Veil, 49 Journal of Catholic Legal Studies 21–52 (2010).
Church Autonomy Revisited, 7 Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy 253–278 (2009).
The Religious Exemption Debate, 11 Rutgers Journal of Law & Religion 139–176 (2009).
Voting with Your Feet is No Substitute for Constitutional Rights, 32 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 29–44 (2009).
High-Value Speech and the Basic Educational Mission of a Public School: Some Preliminary Thoughts, 12 Lewis & Clark Law Review 111–130 (2008).
How Remedies Became a Field: A History, 27 Review of Litigation 161–268 (2008).
Why the Supreme Court Changed Its Mind About Government Aid to Religious Institutions: It's a Lot More than Just Republican Appointments, 2008 Brigham Young University Law Review 275–294 (2008).
A Syllabus of Errors, 105 Michigan Law Review 1169–1188 (2007).
God vs. The Gavel: A Brief Rejoinder, 105 Michigan Law Review 1545–1550 (2007).
Remedies: Justice and the Bottom Line: Symposium Introduction, 27 Review of Litigation 1–8 (2007).
Substantive Neutrality Revisited, 110 West Virginia Law Review 51–88 (2007).
Religious Liberty in America: A Rapid-Fire Overview, 33 Human Rights 3–4 (2006).
Church and State in the United States: Competing Conceptions and Historic Changes, 13 Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies 503–542 (2006).
Regulatory Exemptions of Religious Behavior and the Original Understanding of the Establishment Clause, 81 Notre Dame Law Review 1793–1842 (2006).
Choosing Remedies: The Misleading Irreparable Injury Rule, 32 The Advocate 7 (2005).
Roundtable Discussion: Religious Organizations Filing for Bankruptcy (with Samuel J. Gerdano et al.), 13 American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review 25–58 (2005).
The Broader Case for Affirmative Action: Desegregation, Academic Excellence, and Future Leadership, 78 Tulane Law Review 1767–1842 (2004).
The Mistakes in Locke v. Davey and the Future of State Payments for Services Provided by Religious Institutions (with Thomas C. Berg), 40 Tulsa Law Review 227–254 (2004).
Theology Scholarships, the Pledge of Allegiance, and Religious Liberty: Avoiding the Extremes but Missing the Liberty, 118 Harvard Law Review 155–247 (2004).
Introduction: International Litigation Symposium Honoring the Distinguished Career of Professor Russell J. Weintraub, 38 Texas International Law Journal 1–10 (2003).
The Many Meanings of Separation, 70 University of Chicago Law Review 1667–1700 (2003).
Debate 2: Should the Government Provide Financial Support for Religious Institutions That Offer Faith-Based Social Services (with et al.), 1 Rutgers Journal of Law & Religion 5 (2000).
Religion in the Workplace: Proceedings of the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Law and Religion (with Joanne C. Brant et al.), 4 Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal 87–140 (2000).
State RFRAs and Land Use Regulation, 2000 Zoning and Planning Law Handbook 655 (2000).
The Clear and Present Danger Test, 25 Journal of Supreme Court History 161–186 (2000).
The Supreme Court and Religious Liberty, 40 Catholic Lawyer 25–58 (2000).
State RFRAs and Land Use Regulation, 32 UC Davis Law Review 755–784 (1999).
Conceptual Gulfs in City of Boerne v. Flores, 39 William & Mary Law Review 743–792 (1998).
Federalism As a Structural Threat to Liberty, 22 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 67–84 (1998).
Religious Freedom and International Human Rights in the United States Today, 12 Emory International Law Review 951–972 (1998).
Round Table Discussion on International Human Rights Standards in the United States: The Case of Religion or Belief (with Abdullah An-Na’im et al.), 12 Emory International Law Review 973–1020 (1998).
The Boerne Case: Redefining Religious Liberty, 20 NCJW Journal 12 (1997).
Foreword: Charles Alan Wright and the University of Texas School of Law, 32 Texas International Law Journal 367–380 (1997).
The Underlying Unity of Separation and Neutrality, 46 Emory Law Journal 43–74 (1997).
Book Note (reviewing Jesse Choper, Securing Religious Liberty: Principles for Judicial Interpretation of the Religion Clauses) 44 Political Studies 1015 (1996).
Continuity and Change in the Threat to Religious Liberty: The Reformation Era and the Late Twentieth Century, 80 Minnesota Law Review 1047–1103 (1996).
Freedom of Speech That Is Both Religious and Political, 29 UC Davis Law Review 793–814 (1996).
Religious Liberty as Liberty, 7 Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 313–356 (1996).
Academic Freedom, Religious Commitment, and Religious Integrity, 78 Marquette Law Review 297–312 (1995).
RFRA, Congress, and the Ratchet, 56 Montana Law Review 145–170 (1995).
The Church-State Game: A Symposium on Kiryas Joel (with William Bentley Ball, Nathan Lewin & Michael W. McConnell), First Things 36 (1994).
Free Exercise and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, 62 Fordham Law Review 883–904 (1994).
Interpreting the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (with Oliver S. Thomas), 73 Texas Law Review 209–246 (1994).
Due Process of Law in Trilateral Disputes, 78 Iowa Law Review 1011–1028 (1993).
Individual Liberty and Constitutional Architecture: The Founder's Prompt Correction of Their Own Mistake, 16 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 75–86 (1993).
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act, 1993 Brigham Young University Law Review 221–28 (1993).
The Rights of Religious Academic Communities, 20 Journal of College & University Law 15–42 (1993).
The Triumph of Equity, 56 Law & Contemporary Problems 53–82 (1993).
How to Restore Religious Freedom: A Debate (with W. Cole, Durham, Edward McGlynn Gaffney & Michael W. McConnell), First Things 48 (1992).
A Declaration: For the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (with W. Cole, Durham, Edward McGlynn Gaffney & Michael W. McConnell), First Things 42 (1992).
Equal Citizens of Equal and Territorial States: The Constitutional Foundations of Choice of Law, 92 Columbia Law Review 249–337 (1992).
Summary and Synthesis: The Crisis in Religious Liberty, 60 George Washington Law Review 841–856 (1992).
The Benefits of the Establishment Clause, 42 DePaul Law Review 373–382 (1992).
An Open Letter on Religious Freedom (with Edward Gaffney & Michael McConnell), First Things 44 (1991).
"Noncoercive" Support for Religion: Another False Claim about the Establishment Clause, 26 Valparaiso University Law Review 37–70 (1991).
Book Review (reviewing Robert H. Bork, The Tempting of America) 101 Ethics 661 (1991).
That and Which, 2 Scribes Journal of Legal Writing 37–48 (1991).
The Declaration is Not Law, Christian Legal Society Quarterly 8 (1991).
Vicious Stereotypes in Polite Society, 8 Constitutional Commentary 395–409 (1991).
Notes on the Role of Judicial Review, the Expansion of Federal Power, and the Structure of Constitutional Rights (reviewing Robert F. Nagel, Constitutional Cultures: The Mentality and Consequences of Judicial Review) 99 Yale Law Journal 1711–1748 (1990).
"God Alone Is Lord of the Conscience" Policy Statement and Recommendations Regarding Religious Liberty Adopted by the 200th General Assembly (1988) Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (with Committee on Religious Liberty and Church/State Relations), 8 Journal of Law & Religion 331–383 (1990).
Formal, Substantive, and Disaggregated Neutrality Toward Religion, 39 DePaul Law Review 993–1018 (1990).
Review of Yorio, Contract Enforcement (reviewing Edward I. Yorio, Contract Enforcement: Specific Performance and Injunctions) 455 Business Lawyer 1377–1380 (1990).
Text, Intent, and the Religion Clauses, 4 Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, & Public Policy 683–698 (1990).
The Death of the Irreparable Injury Rule, 103 Harvard Law Review 687–771 (1990).
The Maroonbook v. The Bluebook: A Comparative Review (reviewing University of Chicago Manual of Legal Citation; A Uniform System of Citation (14th ed.)) 1 Scribes Journal of Legal Writing 181–190 (1990).
The Remedies Issues: Compensatory Damages, Specific Performance, Punitive Damages, Supersedeas Bonds, and Abstention, 9 Review of Litigation 473–529 (1990).
The Remnants of Free Exercise, 1990 Supreme Court Review 1–68 (1990).
The Supreme Court's Assault on Free Exercise, and the Amicus Brief That Was Never Filed, 8 Journal of Law & Religion 99–114 (1990).
Why the First-Year Legal Writing Course Cannot Do Much About Bad Legal Writing, 1 Scribes Journal of Legal Writing 83–86 (1990).
The Scope and Significance of Restitution, 67 Texas Law Review 1277–1293 (1989).
Book Note (reviewing Mark Tushnet, Red, White, and Blue: A Critical Analysis of Constitutional Law) 31 Journal of Church and State 303 (1989).
Academic Freedom and the Free Exercise of Religion (with Susan E. Waelbroeck), 66 Texas Law Review 1455–1476 (1988).
Reflections on Two Themes: Teaching Religious Liberty and Evolutionary Changes in Casebooks (reviewing John T. Noonan, Jr., The Believer and the Powers That Are: Cases, History, and Other Data Bearing on the Relation of Religion and Government) 101 Harvard Law Review 1642–1656 (1988).
Consent Decrees Without Consent: The Rights of Nonconsenting Third Parties, 1987 University of Chicago Legal Forum 103–154 (1987).
Constitutional Theory Matters, 65 Texas Law Review 767–776 (1987).
Equality and the Citizens of Sister States, 15 Florida State University Law Review 431–448 (1987).
A Legal and Constitutional Survey of Religious Liberty in the United States, 76 Church & Society 42 (1986).
"Nonpreferential" Aid to Religion: A False Claim about Original Intent Religion and the State, 27 William & Mary Law Review 875–924 (1986).
A Survey of Religious Liberty in the United States, 47 Ohio State Law Journal 409–452 (1986).
Continuing Violations, Disparate Impact in Compensation, and Other Title VII Issues, 49 Law & Contemporary Problems 53–62 (1986).
Equal Access and Moments of Silence: The Equal Status of Religious Speech by Private Speakers, 81 Northwestern University Law Review 1–67 (1986).
Responding to the Nonpreferentialists (reviewing Thomas Curry, The First Freedoms &<em> Leonard Levy’s</em> The Establishment Clause) 4 Journal of Law and Religion 241 (1986).
Statistical Proof and Theories of Discrimination, 60 Law & Contemporary Problems 97–106 (1986).
The Ultimate Unity of Rights and Utilities, 64 Texas Law Review 407–414 (1985).
The Efficient Use of Group Averages as Nondiscrimination: A Rejoinder to Professor Benston (with Lea Brilmayer & Teresa A. Sullivan), 50 University of Chicago Law Review 222–249 (1983).
A Case Study in Pedagogical Neglect, 92 Yale Law Journal 188–202 (1982).
Due Process and Separation of Powers: The Effort to Make the Due Process Clauses Nonjusticiable, 60 Texas Law Review 875–898 (1982).
Tax Exemptions for Racially Discriminatory Religious Schools, 60 Texas Law Review 259–277 (1982).
Sex Discrimination as Actuarial Equality: A Rejoinder to Kimball (with Teresa A. Sullivan), 1981 American Bar Foundation Research Journal 221–228 (1981).
Taking Constitutions Seriously: A Theory of Judicial Review, 59 Texas Law Review 343–394 (1981).
Towards a General Theory of the Religion Clauses: The Case of Church Labor Relations and the Right to Church Autonomy, 81 Columbia Law Review 1373–1417 (1981).
Sex Discrimination in Employer-Sponsored Insurance Plans:  A Legal and Demographic Analysis (with Lea Brilmayer, Richard W. Hekeler & Theresa A. Sullivan), 47 University of Chicago Law Review 505–560 (1980).
Injunctions and the Irreparable Injury Rule (reviewing Owen M. Fiss, The Civil Rights Injunction) 57 Texas Law Review 1065–1084 (1979).
Catholic Schools and Teachers' Unions, 140 America 406 (1979).
Federal Interference with State Prosecutions: The Cases Dombrowski Forgot, 46 University of Chicago Law Review 636–688 (1979).
Dispositive Pre-Trial Motions in Illinois – Sections 45, 48 and 57 of the Civil Practice Act, 9 Loyola University of Chicago 823–862 (1978).
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, 54 Chicago-Kent Law Review 390–436 (1977).
Federal Interference with State Prosecutions: The Need for Prospective Relief, 1977 Supreme Court Review 193–238 (1977).

Reports & Datasets

StatementFaith-Based Initiatives: Recommendations of the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Community Partnerships and Other Current Issues , US Government Printing Office 34–52, 193 (2010).
Report of the Task Force on Assembly and Expression, University of Texas at Austin (2003).
SubmissionConfirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments, S. Hrg. 107-584 , US Government Printing Office 737–744 (2002).
StatementHearing on Issues Relating to Religious Liberty Protection, and Focusing on the Constitutionality of a Religious Protection Measure, S. Hrg. 106-689 , US Government Printing Office 143–159 (1999).
Statement Religious Liberty Protection Act of 1999, HR 1691 , US Government Printing Office 100–121 (1999).
Statement Religious Liberty Protection Act of 1998, S. 2148, S. Hrg. 105-997 , US Government Printing Office 49–70 (1998).
Statement Religious Liberty Protection Act of 1998, HR 4019 , US Government Printing Office 6–20, 222 (1998).
Statement Religious Liberty and Charitable Donations Protections Act of 1997 and Religious Fairness in Bankruptcy Act of 1997 , US Government Printing Office 30–40 (1998).
Statement Congress&#39; Constitutional Role in Protecting Religious Liberty , US Government Printing Office 4–13, 55 (1997).
Statement Bankruptcy Issues in Review: The Bankruptcy Code&#39;s Effect on Religious Freedom and a Review of the Need for Additional Bankruptcy Judgeships, S. Hrg. 105-392 , US Government Printing Office 23–28 (1997).
Statement Protecting Religious Freedom After Boerne v. Flores , US Government Printing Office 46–58 (1997).
Statement Religious Liberty: Examining the Status of Religious Liberty in the United States and Whether There Is a Need for Further Legal Protection, S. Hrg. 104-758 , US Government Printing Office 66–75 (1995).
Statement The Effect of the EEOC&#39;s Proposed Guidelines on Religion in the Workplace, S. Hrg. 103-1072 , US Government Printing Office 37–51 (1994).
Statement The Religious Freedom Restoration Act S. 2969, S. Hrg. 102-1076 , US Government Printing Office 63–98 (1992).
Statement Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1991 , US Government Printing Office 326–371 (1992).
Letter to Chairman Don Edwards Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1990 , US Government Printing Office 72–79 (1990).
Letter (with Sanford V. Levinson)Nomination of Robert H. Bork to Be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, S. Hrg. 100-1011 pt. 5 , US Government Printing Office 6099–6103 (1987).
Preliminary Report on a Restatement 2d of Restitution: A Report to the Director of the American Law Institute  (1987).
Statement Nondiscrimination in Insurance Act of 1983 , US Government Printing Office 546–620 (1983).
Statement Fair Insurance Practices Act , US Government Printing Office 19–34 (1982).
Statement Nondiscrimination in Insurance , US Government Printing Office 287–367 (1980).

Op-Eds, Blogs, Shorter Works

On Friendship, Tolerance, and Religious Liberty, Balkinization (July 29, 2022).
Protecting Free Exercise Under Smith and After Smith (with Thomas Berg), SCOTUSblog (June 19, 2021).
Supreme Court Says a Claim for Nominal Damages Avoids Mootness – But When Does That Matter?, The ALI Adviser (March 22, 2021).
Religious Practice in a Pandemic, New York Times A25 (October 10, 2020).
Douglas Laycock replies, First Things (August, 2020).
Implementing Compromise, Balkinization (July 21, 2020).
Free Speech in the Pulpit, Christian Century 10–11 (March 15, 2017).
Explained: Religion, the Birth-Control Controversy and the Supreme Court, Sightings (April 7, 2016).
A Case That Puts Religious Liberty at Risk, Washington Post A17 (March 21, 2016).
Contemporary Hostility to the Free Exercise of Religion, Sightings (March 3, 2016).
Secularization in the U.S.: Overblown or Underestimated?, Sightings (November 5, 2015).
Dicta: After Obergefell, 68 Virginia Law Weekly Dicta 1 (October 21, 2015).
Religious Liberty at the Founding, Constitution Daily (September 15, 2015).
Why Law Professor Douglas Laycock Supports Same-Sex Marriage and Indiana Religious Freedom Law, Religion and Politics (April 1, 2015).
Embrace the Religious Exemption, New York Times (March 24, 2014).
What Arizona SB1062 Actually Said, Volokh Conspiracy (February 27, 2014).
Congress Answered This Question: Corporations Are Covered, SCOTUSblog (February 19, 2014).
What Is the Future of Religious Freedom in the United States (with Jacques Berlinerblau et al.), Moment 31 (March, 2013).
Clause for Concern, Cavalier Daily (September 16, 2012).
The Bishops & Religious Liberty, Commonweal 15–17 (June 15, 2012).
Is Teaching Intelligent Design Illegal? (with Francis J. Beckwith), Legal Affairs Debate Club (September 26, 2005).
How to Be Religiously Neutral, Legal Times (July 4, 2005).
On Top 10-Percent Law, Let's Alter It, Not Toss It, Austin American-Statesman (March 23, 2005).
Religious Choice: Not for Religion or Against Religion, but for Individual Choice, 3 UT Law 42 (2004).
Injudicious: Liberals Should Get Tough on Bush's Conservative Judicial Nominees - And Stop Opposing Michael McConnell, The American Prospect Online (October 30, 2002).
Judicial Nominations in a Divided Government, Austin American-Statesman A15 (October 9, 2002).
Forging Ideological Compromise, New York Times A31 (September 18, 2002).
Vouching Toward Bethlehem, Religion in the News (2002).
The Damage Done, Texas Lawyer (December 31, 2001).
Affirmative Action: A Real-World Solution, Austin American-Statesman A15 (July 13, 2001).
Religious Liberties & Free Speech: Back to the Future - What 21st Century Legal Culture Can Learn from the 19th Century First Amendment, 1 Engage 132 (2000).
Replies to Thomson's "Abortion", 20 Boston Review 31 (October, 1995).
Religious Harassment or Free Speech? Few Answers from EEOC, Chicago Tribune 21N (June 17, 1994).
UT's Color-Conscious System, Texas Lawyer 20 (November 29, 1993).
What Hillary Clinton Really Said, Wall Street Journal A15 (September 16, 1992).
Neutrality Needed: Founders Rejected Endorsement of Religion, 46 Report from the Capital 4 (September, 1991).
Minority Faculty Issue Clouded by Bias, Daily Texan (July 10, 1990).
The Students Won! Supreme Court Enforces Equal Access Act, 11 Christian Legal Society Quarterly 17 (1990).
Watering Down the Free-Exercise Clause, 107 Christian Century 518 (May, 1990).
Peyote, Wine, and the First Amendment, 106 Christian Century 876 (October 4, 1989).
Religious Liberty: The Legal Rights of Religious Belief and Ministry, 30 Concern 16 (January, 1988).
Philosophy Is Enough to Deny Senate Consent (with Sanford V. Levinson), USA Today 10A (September 15, 1987).
Bible Chairs Program Aids Religion, Daily Texan 4 (December 10, 1985).
Founders Wanted Total Neutrality, USA Today 8A (August 12, 1985).
Texas Law Professor Clarifies a Paraphrase (letter to editor), National Law Journal (February 4, 1985).
Church Leaders Can Speak (letter to editor), Daily Texan (July 22, 1983).
UT Insurance Plan Unfair, Daily Texan 4 (June 7, 1983).
"La Difference" in Insurance (letter to editor), Wall Street Journal 25 (October 27, 1982).
Atheist's Point Is a Valid One (with Sanford V. Levinson), Daily Texan 4 (February 26, 1982).
Proselytizing Is Permissible (letter to editor), Daily Texan 4 (October 5, 1981).
First Amendment Misunderstood (letter to editor), Daily Texan 4 (September 24, 1981).

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The Surprising Ways the Respect for Marriage Act Would — and Wouldn’t — Protect Same-Sex Marriage (Grid)
09/16/2022
Yeshiva University Pausing Clubs in Fight Over LGBTQ Group (Bloomberg Law)
09/01/2022
Yeshiva University’s Emergency Application Raises First Amendment, Not State Law, Issues (National Review)
08/26/2022
Bonus Episode: An Interview with Douglas Laycock on the Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye and Religious Liberty (This Day in Miami History Podcast)
08/26/2022
Clash Over Texas Abortion Law Tests State’s Post-Roe Legal Reach (Bloomberg)
08/19/2022
Doug Mastriano’s Comments on Islam and Climate Change Resurface, the Latest Hit for His Campaign (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
08/18/2022
Federal Court Rejects Muslim Student’s Lawsuit Over Controversial Quiz About Islamic Terrorism (The Washington Times)
07/29/2022
On Friendship, Tolerance, and Religious Liberty (Balkinization)
07/19/2022
The Misleading Claim That a Democratic Candidate ‘Sued’ a Group of Nuns Over Contraception Coverage (The Washington Post)
07/19/2022
Jewish Group Sues Long Island Beach Town Over Turning Its Worship Land Into a Lifeguard Center (The Washington Times)
07/10/2022
Do Abortion Bans Violate the Establishment Clause? (Deseret News)
07/05/2022
The Supreme Court Is the Most Conservative in 90 Years (NPR)
07/03/2022
Steve Chapman: The Supreme Court Has Abandoned Religious Neutrality (Chicago Tribune)
07/01/2022
Analysis: After Abortion, Conservative U.S. Justices Take Aim at Other Precedents (Reuters)
07/01/2022
Posts Distort Supreme Court Ruling on Coach’s Prayer (Associated Press)
06/30/2022
Rabbi’s Suit Over Florida Abortion Law Tests Bounds of Religious Objections After Roe (Miami Herald)
06/28/2022
UVA Law Professor Calls Ruling in Favor of High School Coach 'Fundamentally Dishonest' (CBS19)
06/27/2022
Supreme Court Backs a High School Football Coach's Right To Pray on the 50-Yard Line (NPR)
06/16/2022
Synagogue Sues Florida, Saying Abortion Restrictions Violate Religious Freedoms (The New York Times)
05/15/2022
Does Religious Freedom Law Give You a Right to Abortion? (Deseret News)
05/10/2022
What’s Next for Abortion Rights in Virginia? (VPM)
05/05/2022
Justices Struggle To Replace Oft-Criticized Religion Lemon Test (Bloomberg Law)
05/05/2022
Satanic Temple’s Fight Over Abortion Rights, Roe v Wade so Far Is Unsuccessful (PolitiFact)
05/04/2022
UVA School of Law Professor Discusses SCOTUS Breach (NBC29)
05/04/2022
Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Remedies (2022) (American Law Institute)
05/02/2022
Supreme Court Coach Prayer Case Could Open Door to Prayer in Public Schools (The National Desk)
04/14/2022
U.S. Supreme Court Taking on Case of High School Football Coach Fighting for Right To Pray on 50-Yard Line (Newsweek)
03/17/2022
SF Employees Fired After Religious Exemptions Denied Over Mandate Suing City (California Globe)
12/06/2021
This Supreme Court Case Could Take a ‘Wrecking Ball’ to Separation of Church and State (TIME)
12/03/2021
Rally Trial Defendants Unlikely To Pay Most of Their Punitive Damages (The Daily Progress)
11/29/2021
How Red States Are Using Religion To Fight Vaccine Mandates (Deseret News)
11/21/2021
How Religious Liberty Was Distorted in the Age of COVID-19 (The Hill)
11/07/2021
Federal COVID Shot Opt-Out Not as Clear as Democrats Claim (The Associated Press)
11/01/2021
City of Denver Grants Vast Majority of Vaccine Exemption Requests; Hundreds Avoid Shot (9 News)
10/13/2021
Companies and States Prepare To Challenge Religious Exemptions to Vaccine Mandates (Washington Examiner)
10/11/2021
Says ‘Joe Biden’s Attorney General Wants the FBI To Go After Parents for Speaking Out at School Board Meetings To Protect Kids From Radical Curriculum Like Critical Race Theory.’ (PolitiFact)
09/21/2021
Why Texas Abortion Opponents Aren’t Suing Dr. Alan Braid Over New Law (The Wall Street Journal)
09/21/2021
Religious Suits Over Covid Shots Reveal Edge for Private Sector (Bloomberg Law)
09/17/2021
20th Annual Constitution Day (Cato Institute)
09/15/2021
What’s the Law on Vaccine Exemptions? A Religious Liberty Expert Explains (The Conversation)
09/03/2021
Supreme Court Abortion Ruling Brings New Uncertainty to Decades-Old Fight (The Wall Street Journal)
08/21/2021
How Do Religious Vaccine Exemptions Really Work? (Slate)
08/19/2021
Citing Religion, Health and Even Personal Preference, Some Are Challenging COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates at Work (ABA Journal)
08/12/2021
Federal Court Blocks Biden’s Transgender Mandate on Religious Hospitals, Doctors (The Washington Times)
06/19/2021
Protecting Free Exercise Under Smith and After Smith (SCOTUSBlog)
06/17/2021
Supreme Court’s Day of Culture War Surprises (The Christian Science Monitor)
06/17/2021
Supreme Court Rules Catholic Group Doesn’t Have To Consider LGBTQ Foster Parents (NPR)
06/17/2021
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Catholic Foster Care Agency, in Narrow Win for Religious Rights (Religion News Service)
06/09/2021
This Supreme Court Case Could Fundamentally Alter LGBTQ+ Rights — and Not in a Good Way (Salon)
05/15/2021
Is the ‘DEFCON 3 Culture War’ Over Religious Freedom Bills Coming to an End? (Deseret News)
04/28/2021
Texas Lawmakers Hope To Exclude Places of Worship From Emergency Closures After COVID-19 Pandemic Shuttered Doors (The Texas Tribune)
04/17/2021
Conservative Justices Aren’t Alone in Supporting Religion at the Supreme Court (Deseret News)
03/23/2021
Supreme Court Says a Claim for Nominal Damages Avoids Mootness — But When Does That Matter? (American Law Institute)
03/18/2021
‘Stark’ Facts Make Praying Coach’s High Court Bid A Hail Mary (Law360)
03/17/2021
Religious Versus LGBT Protections Roil Landmark Rights Measure (Bloomberg Government)
03/16/2021
‘Equality Act’ Reignites Debate Over Religious Freedom Versus LGBTQ+ Rights (Texas Public Radio)
03/15/2021
Supreme Court's COVID-19 Cases Stir Up Battle Between Religion, Same-Sex Couples Over Foster Care (USA Today)
02/09/2021
Trump’s Impeachment for ‘Incitement of Insurrection’ Explained (Al Jazeera)
01/08/2021
The Bill That Could Change Religious Freedom As You Know It (Deseret News)
10/15/2020
The Revival of the Free Exercise Clause? (ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice)
10/09/2020
Do Cuomo’s New Covid Rules Discriminate Against Religion? (The New York Times)
09/30/2020
Barrett May Upend Mentor Scalia On Religious Freedom (Law360)
09/28/2020
Legal Scholars Foresee Major Shift on High Court (DC Bar)
09/25/2020
Noah Had a Quick Trip Compared to John MacArthur’s Battle with Los Angeles County (Baptist News Global)
09/23/2020
Trump Wants To Allow Churches To Endorse Political Candidates: Why That’s A Legal Conundrum (Religion Unplugged)
09/22/2020
A New Conservative Supreme Court Justice Could Boost Religious Rights at the Cost of LGBTQ Protections (The Washington Post)
09/16/2020
Thinking in Public with Albert Mohler — A Conversation with Douglas Laycock (Thinking in Public)
07/23/2020
Teachers at Religious Schools Fear Supreme Court Took Away Their Civil Rights (Religion News Service)
07/23/2020
Disgorgement or Accounting for Profits? An Analysis of Liu v. SEC (American Law Institute)
07/23/2020
William Barr, Nation’s Top Lawyer, Is a Culture Warrior Catholic (National Catholic Reporter)
07/15/2020
Religious Liberty after Bostock and Our Lady of Guadalupe (National Review)
07/15/2020
US Supreme Court Judges Show They Won’t Be Taken for Granted (The Tablet)
07/14/2020
High Court Bias Ruling in Favor of Religious Schools Won’t End Disputes (Business Insurance)
07/11/2020
Recent SCOTUS Decisions On Religion Open Up New Questions (NPR)
07/08/2020
Justices Rule Teachers At Religious Schools Aren't Protected By Fair Employment Laws (NPR)
07/08/2020
Religious Employers Get Boost in Wage Cases from Supreme Court (Bloomberg Law)
07/08/2020
Supreme Court Broadens Scope of Ministerial Exception (Religion News Service)
07/01/2020
Symposium: Espinoza, Funding of Religious Service Providers, and Religious Freedom (SCOTUSBlog)
07/01/2020
High Court Sparks New Battle Over Church-State Separation (The Associated Press)
06/18/2020
‘Utah Compromise’ or Religious Liberty, Gay Rights? (Reflector)
06/17/2020
Are We Headed Toward a Federal Version of the Utah Compromise on LGBTQ Rights? (Deseret News)
06/15/2020
Christian Conservatives Rattled After Supreme Court Rules Against LGBT Discrimination (The Washington Post)
05/28/2020
As Churches Reopen, Supreme Court Faces Balancing Act Between Physical and Spiritual Health (USA Today)
05/22/2020
Why the Justice Department Is Backing This Small Virginia Church in the Country’s Reopening Debate (TIME)
05/05/2020
Free Coverage for Contraceptives? Supreme Court Again Considers Religious Exemptions (USA Today)
04/20/2020
ACS At-Large: The Supreme Court, National Security, and Religious Freedom (American Constitution Society)
03/21/2020
Yes, the Government Can Force Churches To Close. Here’s Why (Deseret News)
03/14/2020
Originalism and Interstate Relations (The Federalist Society)
03/02/2020
SEC Power to Recoup Illegal Gains Put at Risk in High Court Case (Bloomberg Quint)
02/26/2020
Argument Preview: Justices To Consider Availability of ‘Disgorgement’ to SEC in Securities Litigation (SCOTUSBlog)
02/18/2020
Pronouns Prompt Fight Over Transgender, Religious Rights at Work (Bloomberg Law)
01/22/2020
Court Battle Rages on in Country Mill vs. East Lansing (The Detroit News)
01/14/2020
Long History Underlies Fight Over Religious-School Funding (Education Week)
12/19/2019
The False Claim Comparing Jesus Before Pontius Pilate and Trump's Impeachment (PolitiFact)
12/17/2019
What Religious Exemptions Exist for Justices of the Peace in Texas? (PolitiFact)
11/06/2019
Will Gay Rights Trump Religious Freedom? (Town Hall)
10/22/2019
Indiana Catholic School Teacher Claims Court Battle Over Firing for Gay Marriage Being Politicized (The Washington Times)
09/30/2019
Supreme Court To Decide High-Stakes ‘LGBT’ Cases Amid Partisan Scrutiny (National Catholic Register)
08/30/2019
Why a Case About One Idaho Man’s Distinctive Religious Belief Could Be Headed to the Supreme Court (Deseret News)
08/21/2019
This Nonprofit Is Fighting To Give Nonreligious Couples More Choice in Who Marries Them. Texas Just Dealt Them a Setback. (The Washington Post)
08/09/2019
Religious Questions: Are Spiritual Advisers to the President Constitutional? (Times Free Press)
08/08/2019
Cross on County Seal and Flag Not Discriminatory, Third Circuit Says (Law.com)
07/29/2019
How Extreme Is the Equality Act? (National Review)
06/26/2019
How the Hobby Lobby Ruling Helped and Hurt Religious Freedom (Deseret News)
06/20/2019
Supreme Court Rules A 40-Foot WWI Memorial Shaped As A Cross Can Stand On Public Land (NPR)
05/17/2019
A Liberal Law Professor Explains Why the Equality Act Would ‘Crush’ Religious Dissenters (National Review)
05/13/2019
Latter-Day Saint Leaders Call for 'Fairness for All' While Opposing the Equality Act (Deseret News)
05/12/2019
Should This Cross Be Removed From Public Land? (BBC)
05/01/2019
Nondiscrimination Policy at Yale Law School Is Legal But Perhaps Should Be Changed, Lawyers Say (ABA Journal)
04/08/2019
The Wrong Message (Commonweal)
03/05/2019
Podcast: May It Please the Court: SCOTUS Perspectives from Leading Supreme Court Advocates (American Law Institute)
03/05/2019
Are Weed Churches Legitimate Houses of Worship, or Just Another Way Around Marijuana Law? (Rolling Stone)
03/04/2019
Supreme Court Turns Down Case About NJ Ban on Historic Preservation Funds for Houses of Worship (The Washington Times)
03/01/2019
Islamic Inmate Sues Arkansas Prisons Over Combined Religious Service (Arkansas Times)
02/24/2019
Trump Admin Files More Briefs in Religious Liberty Cases Than Obama, Bush (NBC News)
02/22/2019
Latin Cross Has Muslim Allies, Baptist Foes at Supreme Court (Bloomberg Law)
02/20/2019
Does a 40-Foot Latin Cross Honoring World War I Veterans Violate the Constitution? The Supreme Court Will Decide. (USA Today)
02/08/2019
High Court Ruling on Muslim Inmate Execution Tough to Pigeonhole (Bloomberg Law)
02/01/2019
Baptist Group Says Cross Is Not Secular, and Government Has No Business Sponsoring Its Display (Baptist News Global)
01/30/2019
Sundance Is showing a Film About Satanists. What Does It Have To Do With Religious Liberty? (Deseret News)
01/25/2019
Football Prayer Case May Signal High Court Shift (Bloomberg Law)
01/22/2019
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case of Praying Football Coach, but Conservatives Open Door for New Challenge (The 74)
01/15/2019
Census Ruling Injects Uncertainty Into Supreme Court Next Steps (Bloomberg Law)
01/04/2019
Who is Fethullah Gulen? And Why is the U.S. Talking About Extraditing Him to Turkey? (Religion News Service)
12/27/2018
Laycock and Hansen on Modern American Remedies (American Law Institute)
12/19/2018
Catholic Pastor Challenges Delaware City’s Decision to Bar Nativity From Town Display (National Catholic Register)
11/28/2018
Seventh-day Adventists Seek High Court Help for Workers’ Sabbath (Bloomberg Law)
11/21/2018
Churches Press Supreme Court on New Public Funding Question (Bloomberg Law)
11/04/2018
Liberty for All: Q&A With UVa Law Prof Douglas Laycock (The Daily Progress)
08/31/2018
Pastor Faced Eviction From Fredericksburg Apartment Complex for Hosting Bible Studies, Nonprofit Says (The Free Lance-Star)
08/07/2018
Douglas Laycock Outlined the Parameters of Religious Freedom (The Chautauqua Daily)
08/05/2018
University of Virginia’s Douglas Laycock To Trace Complex History of Religious Liberty in Interfaith Lecture (The Chautauqua Daily)
07/24/2018
Will Brett Kavanaugh Protect Religious Freedom? (National Catholic Register)
07/20/2018
Video: UVA Experts on the Future of Abortion Rights in America (WUVA Radio)
07/03/2018
Vote, or Abortion Could Be Banned in N.J. (NJ.com)
07/03/2018
How Could New Justice Affect Church Concerns? (OSV)
06/27/2018
A Holy Mess: Walgreens Case Shows It's Time To Get God Out of the Workplace (Los Angeles Times)
06/07/2018
US Supreme Court Issues Narrow Ruling in Same-Sex Wedding Cake Case (National Catholic Register)
06/05/2018
Animal Sacrifices in a Hialeah Church Played a Key Role in the Colorado Wedding Cake Case (Miami Herald)
06/05/2018
Symposium: Masterpiece Cakeshop — Not as Narrow as May First appear (SCOTUSBlog)
05/17/2018
Douglas Laycock (WINA Radio)
05/14/2018
Q&A: Law Professor Breaks Down the Supreme Court’s Decision on Sports Betting (UVA Today)
04/26/2018
No, California Bill Would Not Ban Bible Sales (PolitiFact)
03/01/2018
How Children Get Caught in the Clash Over LGBT and Religious Rights (Deseret News)
02/07/2018
Can LGBT Rights and Religious Rights Coexist? Kim Davis-Like Case Tests the Waters (The Washington Post)
01/28/2018
The Supreme Court's Travel Ban Dilemma (The Atlantic)
12/22/2017
At 'Pot Churches,' Marijuana Is the Sacrament (KSDK-TV)
12/14/2017
Red and Green Colors ‘Not Appropriate’ During the Holiday Season, University Says (The Libertarian Republic)
12/08/2017
Masterpiece Cakeshop Arguments Suggest Kennedy Again Holds Key SCOTUS Vote (National Catholic Register)
12/06/2017
We’re Lawyers Who Support Same-Sex Marriage. We Also Support the Masterpiece Cakeshop Baker. (Vox)
12/05/2017
How to Slice the Masterpiece Cakeshop Case: The Narrow Ruling That Will Preserve Religious Liberty Without Overreaching (New York Daily News)
12/05/2017
Masterpiece Cakeshop Case May Hinge on a Claim Against Disparate Treatment (National Review)
12/04/2017
Masterpiece Cakeshop and Protecting Both Sides (Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
11/29/2017
Blue States Target Little Sisters of the Poor (National Catholic Register)
11/28/2017
Fight Over Religious Liberty vs. LGBT Rights Expands to Adoption (Washington Examiner)
11/24/2017
U.S. Supreme Court Could Take on Texas Prayer Case (The Ada News)
10/12/2017
HHS Relief for Religious Nonprofits Finally in Sight (National Catholic Register)
10/09/2017
6 Things Trump’s Religious Liberty Memo Does (and Doesn’t) Do (Christianity Today)
10/06/2017
Civil Liberties Groups Decry Sessions’s Guidance on Religious Freedom (Washington Post)
10/02/2017
Mosque in Spotsylvania hoping to expand nearly two years after contentious meeting (The Free Lance-Star)
09/27/2017
Douglas Laycock Questions Merits of Same-Sex Adoption Case (Lansing State Journal)
09/24/2017
Editorial: Don't Bar Disaster Aid to Churches (Chicago Tribune)
09/19/2017
In Key Supreme Court Case, Department of Justice Backs Christian Baker (National Catholic Register)
09/12/2017
LDS Church, 22 Utah Senators Back Colorado Baker in Supreme Court Case (Deseret News)
08/25/2017
Why is Trump’s DOJ Defending ‘Absolute’ Restrictions on Sermons? (National Review)
08/14/2017
UVA Standing Firm in Wake of Charlottesville Violence (Diverse: Issues in Higher Education)
08/03/2017
Serving God By Suing Others: Inside the Christian Conservative Legal Movement (Religion News Service)
08/02/2017
Serving God By Suing Others: Inside the Christian Conservative Legal Movement (Deseret News)
08/02/2017
UT Likely immune From Any Federal Assault on Use of Race in Admissions (Austin American-Stateman)
08/02/2017
Fixing the HHS Mandate: Analysts Weigh US Attorney General’s Options (National Catholic Register)
07/20/2017
Culpeper Seeks to Block Feds From Deposing Attorney in Mosque Complaint (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
07/10/2017
Judges Remove Injunction Against Mississippi's Religious-Freedom Law (National Catholic Register)
06/26/2017
The Supreme Court Sided With Trinity Lutheran Church. Here's Why That Matters. (The Washington Post)
06/16/2017
Oregon Judge Admits to Mistakes, but Not Marrying Same-Sex Couples Isn't One of Them (ABA Journal)
06/05/2017
Candidate for Commonwealth's Attorney Charged With Assault (WVTF)
05/11/2017
Will Supreme Court Rescue Trump's Immigration Travel Ban? (USA Today)
05/11/2017
Trump's Executive Order Draws Muted, But Positive, Response (National Catholic Register)
05/08/2017
Column: Trump's Executive Order of Religious Nothingness (Chicago Tribune)
05/08/2017
He Huffed and Puffed, but ... (Watertown Public Opinion)
05/06/2017
A Different Kind of Courthouse Battle Brewing in Nelson County (Lynchburg News & Advance)
05/05/2017
Many Religious Freedom Advocates Are Actually Disappointed With Trump's Executive Order (The Washington Post)
05/04/2017
Trump's Churches Order Is a Nonsolution to a Nonproblem—With a Dangerous Side Effect (Slate)
05/04/2017
Trump's Religious Liberty Order Slammed as 'Pretty Much Nothing' (Religion News Service)
05/03/2017
What's Left for Supreme Court this Term? (Bloomberg Big Law Business)
04/21/2017
Supreme Court Scrutinizes Key Missouri Religious-Discrimination Case (National Catholic Register)
04/21/2017
Islamic Center Approves Settlement on Culpeper Mosque (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
04/19/2017
How a Supreme Court Case About Tire Chips Relates to 19th-Century Religious Discrimination (Deseret News)
04/18/2017
Church, State, and School: What Might Supreme Court Ruling Mean for Vouchers? (Christian Science Monitor)
04/06/2017
Constitutional Symposium "Keynote Speaker: Douglas Laycock" (Utah Valley University Center for Constitutional Studies)
03/30/2017
Gorsuch Nomination Rumble Underscores Need for Religion Writers to Understand Constitutional Law (GetReligion)
03/30/2017
Supreme Court Weighs Church Hospital Pension Plans (National Catholic Register)
03/28/2017
Presbyterians want their Newton church back (The Boston Globe)
03/23/2017
Courtroom Prayers Draw Federal Lawsuit Against Montgomery Co. JP (Houston Chronicle)
03/23/2017
Culpeper Mosque Case Headed for Settlement (The Daily Progress)
03/14/2017
Religious Freedom, Bias Protections: Something's Got to Give (Bloomberg BNA)
03/06/2017
Don't Repeal the Johnson Amendment, Fix It (The Christian Century)
02/23/2017
The Long Road to a Religious Freedom Victory for Sikhs in the U.S. Army (Deseret News)
02/16/2017
Another Viewpoint: How to Revise the Rules Against Campaigning by Churches (Daily Commercial)
02/15/2017
Pipeline Foes Race Against Clock (The Hill)
02/12/2017
The Role an Old Case About Ritual Goat Sacrifices Played in Blocking Trump's Travel Ban (The Washington Post)
02/10/2017
How Ritual Chicken Sacrifices in Miami Helped Halt Trump's Travel Ban (Miami Herald)
02/10/2017
The Last-Ditch Attempt to Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline (The Atlantic)
02/10/2017
Editorial: Pastors and Politics: How to Revise the Rules Against Campaigning by Churches (Chicago Tribune)
02/07/2017
What Would Happen If Trump Administration Ignored a Court Order? Law Profs Consider the Issue (ABA Journal)
02/02/2017
Does Trump's 'Muslim Ban' Flout the Law? (Deseret News)
02/02/2017
Law Profs: Judge Gorsuch’s Record Puts Him Well Within Nation's Legal Mainstream (CNSNews)
02/02/2017
Trump's Draft Order on Religious Freedom Prompts Praise, Concern and Confusion (Deseret News)
01/30/2017
What Happens if Donald Trump Refuses a Federal Court Order Against His Muslim Ban (Slate)
01/11/2017
Trump Will Nominate a Supreme Court Justice Soon, but Will It Be Soon Enough? (Sacramento Bee)
01/10/2017
The Obama Presidency: 'War on Religion' or 'Amazing Grace'? (National Catholic Reporter)
12/19/2016
For Evangelicals, Trump Brings New Hope – and a Thorny Question (Christian Science Monitor)
12/14/2016
UVa's Laycock: Culpeper Mosque Lawsuit 'Full of Smoking Guns' (The Daily Progress)
12/08/2016
Restoring Religious Freedom Conference: Law, Religion, Equality and Dignity Keynote Lecture (Emory Law School)
11/23/2016
Trump's Nomination of Sessions for Attorney General Marks New Era (National Catholic Register)
11/17/2016
Defense Authorization Bill Needs to Protect Religious Liberty (The Hill)
11/01/2016
Birth Control, Faith-Based Partnerships and Transgender Bathrooms: Reflecting on Obama's Religious Freedom Legacy (Deseret News)
10/12/2016
Faith Leaders Call on Obama, Congress to Reject Controversial Religious Liberty Report (Deseret News)
10/10/2016
Social Conservatives' Legal Juggernaut (Bloomberg BNA)
10/06/2016
When 'Religious Freedom' Leaves Children Dead (The Atlantic)
09/29/2016
Alabama Chief Justice Faces Ouster (Audio) (Bloomberg)
09/28/2016
Divisions Present, Sympathy Not, in Religious Liberty Poll (National Catholic Reporter)
09/28/2016
Pew Survey Finds No Middle Ground in Religious Freedom Debates (Deseret News)
09/14/2016
Are Religious-Freedom Advocates ‘Christian Supremacists’? (National Catholic Register)
09/08/2016
Religious Freedom,' 'Liberty' Just 'Code Words' for Intolerance, U.S. Civil Rights Chairman Says (The Washington Times)
08/31/2016
Accolades: UVA Garners Top-10 National Ranking (UVA Today)
08/26/2016
A Complicated Prognosis for Medicine and Religious Liberty (U.S. News & World Report)
08/25/2016
No US Burkini Bans, But Work Yet to Do: Column (USA Today)
08/25/2016
Ranking Law Professors by Judicial Impact (The Wall Street Journal)
08/23/2016
Bishop Zubik: Obama Administration ‘Extremely Aggressive’ on HHS Mandate (National Catholic Register)
08/23/2016
Experts Fear American Bar Association's New Misconduct Rule Will Punish Lawyers Who Criticize Gay Marriage (Christian Post)
08/22/2016
Feds' Move on Contraceptive Coverage 'Bullying' (Trib Live)
08/21/2016
In America, Freedom of Religion is for All People (Lynchburg News and Advance)
08/21/2016
In America, Freedom of Religion is for All People (Lynchburg News and Advance)
08/21/2016
Feds' Move on Contraceptive Coverage 'Bullying' (Trib Live)
08/18/2016
Mike Pence, Guardian of Jewish Freedom (The Times of Israel)
08/16/2016
How Mike Pence, Trump's VP Pick, Supports Traditional Jewish Values (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
08/16/2016
How Mike Pence, Trump's VP Pick, Supports Traditional Jewish Values (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
08/11/2016
UVa Professor Points Out 'Very Suspicious Circumstances' Surrounding Culpeper Mosque Permit (The Daily Progress)
08/11/2016
UVa Professor Points Out 'Very Suspicious Circumstances' Surrounding Culpeper Mosque Permit (The Daily Progress)
08/05/2016
Tolerance, Religious Freedom, and the 2016 Election (National Catholic Register)
08/05/2016
Tolerance, Religious Freedom, and the 2016 Election (National Catholic Register)
07/30/2016
Supreme Court May Be Converting on Religion (USA Today)
07/21/2016
Judge Sides with Missouri Lawmaker Challenging ACA's Contraception Mandate (Modern Healthcare)
07/14/2016
Mike Pence for Donald Trump's Vice President? It's an Extra Awful Choice for LGBTQ Rights (Vox)
07/12/2016
Catholics Battle for Protection Against Abortion Mandates (National Catholic Register)
07/09/2016
Left, Right (The Economist)
06/24/2016
Suit Challenges U.S. Over Abortions and Birth Control for Immigrant Minors (The New York Times)
06/23/2016
Christian Universities Put on 'Shame List' (The Christian Chronicle)
06/23/2016
Attorney: Hawley Played Little or No Role in Court Case (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
06/23/2016
Supreme Court Rules On Affirmative Action Case (WINA)
06/22/2016
HHS' Office for Civil Rights Sides with California in Abortion Coverage Dispute (Modern Healthcare)
06/21/2016
False Choices & Religious Liberty (Commonweal)
06/15/2016
The Critical Role Counsel Can Play in Prisoners' Religious Freedom Cases (Bloomberg BNA)
06/14/2016
Protecting Religious Liberty - Lunch Address (CATO Institute)
06/02/2016
'Gender Identity': A Complex Battleground for Religious Freedom (National Catholic Register)
05/29/2016
Russell Amendment to Defense Bill Becomes Battlefront in Culture War (NewsOK)
05/26/2016
What's Next in the Contraceptive Mandate Case? (National Catholic Reporter)
05/22/2016
Zubik v. Burwell (Slate)
05/22/2016
Little Sisters of the Poor Take Aim at Obamacare's Contraceptive Mandate (The Economist)
05/18/2016
Supreme Court Sends Birth Control Mandate Challenge Back to Lower Courts (Gaston Gazette)
05/10/2016
What is Gender Identity? 'Bathroom Bill' Lawsuits Offer Opposing Views (The Christian Science Monitor)
05/05/2016
Prison Beard OK; RLUIPA Scope Murky After Cert. Denial (Bloomberg BNA)
05/05/2016
Solution on Contraceptive Mandate Still Distant (National Catholic Reporter)
04/20/2016
Should States Honor the Bible as a Historic But Not Sacred Book? (Christianity Today)
04/11/2016
Opposing Sides in Supreme Court ACA Contraception Case Suggest Compromise (Business Insurance)
04/07/2016
Why the Onslaught of Religious Freedom Laws? (CNN)
04/07/2016
Explained: Religion, the Birth-Control Controversy and the Supreme Court (University of Chicago)
04/06/2016
Culpeper County Denies Islamic Center's Permit Request (The Daily Progress)
04/04/2016
The Strange Career of Free Exercise (The Atlantic)
04/01/2016
Here's Why Mississippi's 'Religious Freedom' Bill Is So Controversial (NPR)
04/01/2016
Supreme Court Asks for Additional Briefs in Contraceptive Mandate Case (Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
03/26/2016
Will the Waning Barack Obama Administration Rewrite Religious Hiring Rules? (GetReligion)
03/25/2016
The Growing Controversy Over Georgia's Indiana-Style Religious Freedom Bill, Explained (Vox)
03/23/2016
Birth Control At The Supreme Court: Does Free Coverage Violate Religious Freedom? (NPR)
03/23/2016
What's at Stake in the Latest Supreme Court Showdown Over Contraception and Religious Freedom (NMPolitics.net)
03/22/2016
Religious Liberty Questioned Before the Supreme Court (National Catholic Register)
03/21/2016
White House May Have Advantage in Upcoming ACA Contraception Case (Modern Healthcare)
03/20/2016
How the Little Sisters of the Poor Case Puts Religious Liberty at Risk (The Washington Post)
03/16/2016
'Power Struggle' Erupts with Nomination of Merrick Garland for U.S. Supreme Court (National Catholic Register)
03/13/2016
Missouri Religious Objection Measure Needs Vote to Advance (Examiner Gazette)
03/09/2016
UVA Prof: 'Helping to Make a Religiously Prohibited Wedding the Best…Is To Assist a Sacrilege' (CNS News)
03/08/2016
Missouri Senate Filibusters Against Bill Protecting Opponents of Same-Sex Marriage (The New York Times)
03/03/2016
Gay Rights Opponents Try Direct Approach in Push for Own Protections (The New York Times)
03/03/2016
La Priest Praises Seal of Confessional Ruling as a Victory for Religious Liberty (National Catholic Register)

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Two Professors Lauded for Scholarship
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Unpacking the Supreme Court Leak
Accolades: UVA Law No. 2 in Alumni at Top Firms
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What the Cross Case Says About Religion at the Court
Douglas Laycock Named Reporter for New Look at Tort Remedies
Professor Douglas Laycock Finishes Volumes on Religious Freedom
Faculty on the Vanguard of the First Amendment
Faculty Explore the Travel Ban Ruling
Professor Douglas Laycock Breaks Down Supreme Court’s Decision on Sports Betting
Douglas Laycock Seeks Middle Ground in Debate Over LGBT, Religious Rights
Where Does Free Speech End and Crime Begin? Professor Douglas Laycock Comments
Douglas Laycock on President Trump's Religious Liberty Executive Order
Douglas Laycock Receives Utah Valley University's Friend of the Bill of Rights and Religious Liberty Award, Gives Keynote Address
Fisher v. University of Texas and the Future of Affirmative Action
UVA Law's Top Stories of 2016
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Virginia Top-Ranked for Judicial Legal Citations, New Study Shows
Virginia Top-Ranked for Judicial Legal Citations, New Study Shows
US, France Like Distant Cousins on Religious Liberty, Says Professor Douglas Laycock
UVA Law Faculty Comment on Key Supreme Court Decisions
Media Tip Sheet: UVA Law Experts Available for Comment on Supreme Court Decisions
Monahan Joins American Academy of Arts and Sciences
New Book Charts Rise of Corporate Religious Liberty
"After Obergefell: What's Next for the LGBTQ Movement?" with Professors Kim Forde-Mazrui and Douglas Laycock
Laycock Co-Authors Brief Supporting Same-Sex Marriage, Religious Liberty
Holt v. Hobbs: UVA Law Professor Douglas Layock Talks About Arguing the Case
2014 Supreme Court Roundup
UVA Law Professor Douglas Laycock to Argue for Inmate's Religious Beliefs in U.S. Supreme Court
Professors Give Their Take on Hobby Lobby Contraceptive Case Before the Supreme Court
Laycock to Argue Prisoner Religious Liberty Case Before U.S. Supreme Court
"Town of Greece v. Galloway" with UVA Law Professor Douglas Laycock
UVA Law's Laycock to Argue Town of Greece Prayer Case Before Supreme Court Media Coverage
Laycock Receives Traynor Award for Faculty Achievement
"Religious Liberty and the Culture Wars," with UVA Law Professor Douglas Laycock
UVA Law Professors React to Supreme Court Health Care, Stolen Valor Rulings
"The Ministerial Exception Case — And Faculty Arguments in the Supreme Court," with Professor Douglas Laycock
"The President's Contraception Mandate: A Basic Necessity or a Violation of Religious Liberty?"
New Federal Rules for Health Coverage of Birth Control Raise Questions
Supreme Court Hands Victory to Church, Laycock; Cites Professors in Eyewitness Case
Obama's Recess Appointments
Laycock Argues Hosanna-Tabor Before Supreme Court
Media Advisory: Law Professors Available to Speak About Health Care Reform, Potential Supreme Court Showdown
Laycock to Argue Religious Employment Discrimination Case Before U.S. Supreme Court
Professors Debate Ministerial Exception in Preview of Hosanna-Tabor
Laycock Releases Second Volume of Collected Works on Religious Liberty
"CLS v. Martinez: When Fundamental Rights Collide," with Professors Douglas Laycock and Barbara Armacost and Opposing Counsel Kim Colby and Scott Ballenger '96
Laycock to Argue Religious Freedom Case Before Supreme Court
Laycock to Join Virginia Law Faculty
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