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    Church-State Experts React to Ten Commandments Decisions

    More Challenges to Decalogue Displays Are Likely A closely divided Supreme Court yesterday issued two decisions on the legality of Ten Commandments displays in public buildings and on public property. The court struck down the Decalogue displays in two Kentucky courthouses but upheld the constitutionality of a Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of the […]

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    Tempered Public Reaction to London Attacks

    Summary of Findings The American public has had a measured reaction to last week’s terrorist bombings in London. Interest in news reports on the bombings is at about the same level as for the Madrid terrorist attacks in March 2004, while concerns over another terrorist attack in this country are somewhat higher than after the […]

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    Supreme Court’s Image Declines as Nomination Battle Looms

    Summary of Findings With an aging Supreme Court possibly facing major changes, the court’s public image has eroded significantly. Currently, 57% of Americans have a favorable opinion of the Supreme Court, with 30% expressing an unfavorable view. In the past, favorable views of the court typically surpassed 70%; even in January 2001, shortly after the […]

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    Pew Forum Releases New Analysis of High Court’s RLUIPA Decision

    The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life today released an analysis of the recent Supreme Court decision in Cutter v. Wilkinson. The May 31 ruling upheld the constitutionality of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), a federal law that aims to protect the religious freedom of inmates and others held in […]

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    Supreme Court Rules on Ten Commandments Displays

    Survey Shows Broad Public Support for the Displays, But Differences Exist Across Religious Traditions A closely divided Supreme Court today issued two decisions on the legality of Ten Commandments displays in public buildings and on public property. The court struck down the Decalogue displays in two Kentucky courthouses but upheld the constitutionality of a Ten […]

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    Commentary: The Public’s Complicated Views of Press Point to Solutions

    Tom Rosenstiel, Director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism Bill Kovach, Chairman of the Committee of Concerned Journalists After another mean season for the press ­ with scandals involving inaccuracies and plagiarism ­ what should we make of the latest survey data about the news media? By many measures, the public’s view of the […]