On June 1, 2007, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (the "Commission") conducted a briefing in Washington, D.C. on the status and effect of Blaine Amendments, which are provisions in state constitutions that restrict the use of public funds to support private religious schools. The Commission heard testimony from Anthony R. Picarello, Jr., Vice President and General Counsel of the Becket Fund; K. Hollyn Hollman, General Counsel of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty; Ellen Johnson, President of American Atheists; and Richard D. Komer, Senior Litigation Attorney at the Institute...
On June 1, 2007, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (the "Commission") conducted a briefing in Washington, D.C. on the status and effect of Blaine Am...
