Wendell Mitchell, RIP
Feb 15, 2012 No Comments ›› John EidsmoeThe first time I met Wendell Mitchell was about 22 years ago. As the Dean of the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, he was interviewing me for a professorship, and he asked me, "Could you fit into the South?" I assured him that would be no problem, because I was born in the South ...
Continue ReadingPilgrim or Puritan — Which Are You?
Nov 23, 2010 No Comments ›› John EidsmoeAt Thanksgiving we think of the Pilgrims and Puritans who settled New England. But who were they? What was the difference between them? And which are you? In the late 1500s and 1600s the Anglican (Episcopal) Church was the official church of England, with the king as head of the church. And England granted ...
Continue ReadingFoundation’s “Intern-National” Program
Jul 26, 2010 No Comments ›› Ben DuPréLast summer, Foundation attorney Col. John Eidsmoe taught a Constitutional Litigation course at Handong International Law School (HILS), which is part of Handong Global University (HGU) in Pohang, South Korea. As Col. Eidsmoe explained in his post about that visit, Handong describes itself as a “worldchanging global Christian university” with a goal of training ...
Continue ReadingFoundation Supports School Board Prayer
Jul 14, 2010 No Comments ›› Site AdministratorPress Release The Foundation for Moral Law (FML) in Montgomery, Alabama, founded by Judge Roy Moore, sent a letter yesterday to the Hoover City Board of Education in Hoover, Alabama, encouraging the Board to bring back invocations at its meetings, despite a threatening anti-prayer letter from a liberal secularist group in ...
Continue ReadingJudge Moore & Foundation Defend “Under God” in Pledge in NH Schools
Apr 19, 2010 1 Comment ›› Site AdministratorJudge Roy Moore and the Foundation for Moral Law filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit today defending New Hampshire schools who allow students to voluntarily recite the Pledge of Allegiance, including “one nation under God.” The Foundation argued that atheist Michael ...
Continue ReadingGuest Blogger Milam Cain: “Plain-Language Movement” in Law Schools
Nov 6, 2009 3 Comments ›› Site AdministratorThe following post was authored by guest blogger Milam Cain, a law student at Thomas Goode Jones School of Law and an intern at the Foundation for Moral Law. You may be familiar with the saying that goes, “I know that what I said is what you heard, but I’m not sure that what you heard ...
Continue ReadingChurch, State, and First Amendment Seminar, November 3
Oct 16, 2009 3 Comments ›› Site AdministratorIn addition to litigation and legal briefs, the Foundation for Moral Law works to educate the American people and public officials about the First Amendment and America's Christian heritage. We have held seminars for pastors in the past and this year we launched a new Continuing Legal Education seminar specifically for lawyers: "Church, State, and ...
Continue ReadingHappy Constitution Day! (Pass it on.)
Sep 17, 2009 No Comments ›› Ben DuPréEvery September 17 is Constitution Day, when America celebrates the important day---now 222 years ago---when the framers of the Constitution signed the document that has endured (more or less) as the longest-living constitution in the world. But you wouldn't know it by looking at the Chief Executive's website. The White House's website makes little mention ...
Continue ReadingNo Child Left Unbrainwashed?
Sep 3, 2009 6 Comments ›› John EidsmoeThe White House has announced that next Tuesday, September 8, President Obama will address the schoolchildren of America in a live speech which will be streamed into every classroom all across our nation. According to Education Secretary Arne Duncan, "The president will challenge students to work hard, set educational goals, and take responsibility for their learning." But ...
Continue ReadingOnly a Speller?
Aug 25, 2009 No Comments ›› John EidsmoeNoah Webster (1758-1843), often called the "Schoolmaster to America," is best known for his Webster's Dictionary. He was a close friend of many of America's Founding Fathers, frequently dined with them during the Constitutional Convention, and campaigned zealously for its ratification. But during his lifetime he was best known for his little book "The American ...
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