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GRAD SECTION CALENDAR

Classes to be led by grads, as per your picks, are now posted on the joint syllabus. There have been changes since October 7.
Note change of class from Oct 15 to Oct 13 (Monday), same place, same time.
We will move elsewhere if necessary.

Each week we will focus on some question or case relevant to the week's topics.  You should do some serious online research before the grad section to be able to discuss the issues intelligently.

Aug 27    Intro stuff:  Choosing a class to lead

Sep   3   England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth II: Monarch as head of church

Sep 10    Lemon v. Kurtzman:  The Lemon Test

Sep 17    Original Intent:  What did Madison know, and when did he know it?
                                                 How clever was he in getting the Bill of Rights passed?
                                                 What did the "Founding Fathers" intend?  Does it matter?

Sep 24    Debate Prep:  teams are posted on the assignment sheet.  Meet in groups separately and
                begin preparation.  If you really want to change teams/positions, email me and we'll see

Oct   1   The IRS and Religion

Oct  8    Public Assistance to Religious Education:Aguilar v. Felton;  Kiryas Joel v. Grumet,
                Agostini v. Felton

Oct 13   Gay St. Patrick's Day: Hurley v. Irish-American GLBT of Boston;
               Arbeiter v. NY; Irish L&G Org v. Guiliani; People v. Arbeiter.

Oct 22    RFRA: City of Boerne v. Flores

Oct 29    "Firing Line" analysis

Nov  5   Religious Groups and the Law:  Reynolds v. US; Wisconsin v. Yoder;
                        Employment Division v. Smith; Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. Hialeah

Nov 12    Debate prep

Nov 19    Carter and Perry

Nov 26    Military and Religion: Dettmer v. Landon and Wicca on military bases;
                Arver v. United States  (conscientious objection), Adair v. Sec'y of the Navy
                (chaplains), Anderson v. Laird (prayer in military academies), Goldman v. Sec'y of
                Defense (religious garb), Steffan v. Aspin (gays in military)

Dec   3   Religion in Elections