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EPPC Scholars Submit Comment Opposing Proposed Rule for Faith-Based Organizations Partnering with Nine Agencies

Rachel N. Morrison

On March 14, 2023, EPPC scholars Rachel N. Morrison and Eric Kniffin submitted a public comment opposing a proposed rule…

PDF / March 15, 2023

Nine Agencies Propose Regulations for Partnerships with Faith-Based and Neighborhood Organizations

Rachel N. Morrison

On January 13, 2023, nine agencies issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) titled “Partnerships With Faith-Based and Neighborhood Organizations” to “clarify protections for beneficiaries and potential beneficiaries receiving federally funded social services and the rights and obligations of organizations providing such services.”

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The Federalist Society / March 7, 2023

EPPC Scholars Submit Comment Opposing HHS’s Proposed Rule on Conscience Rights in Health Care

EPPC

On March 6, 2023, EPPC scholars Rachel N. Morrison, Eric Kniffin, Mary Rice Hasson, and Natalie Dodson submitted a public…

PDF / March 7, 2023

No One Should Be Forced To Choose Between His Faith And His Paycheck

Rachel N. Morrison

Should American employees be forced to choose between making a living and freely exercising their religious beliefs? That is the question the Supreme Court is considering in Groff v. DeJoy.

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The Federalist / March 6, 2023

Education Department Proposes Rescinding Religious Student Group Protections and Requests Info on Campus Free Speech…

Rachel N. Morrison

The First Amendment and religious exercise and free speech regulations for institutions of higher education.

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The Federalist Society / March 3, 2023

EPPC Scholar Urges Vermont Not to Pressure Clergy to Violate Seal of the Confessional

Eric Kniffin

Though I focus on the Catholic Church here, the general rationale and particularly the legal arguments set out in the memorandum’s final section would apply to other religious traditions as well.

PDF / March 2, 2023

The FDA is Dead Wrong in its Review of Mailed Abortion Pill Safety

David Gortler

You don’t have to read between the lines to figure out the FDA’s mifepristone decision was not clinical or scientific.

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FOX News / February 28, 2023

EPPC Scholar Files Brief Urging Supreme Court to Restore Religious Accommodation Protections for Employees

Rachel N. Morrison

EPPC Fellow Rachel Morrison filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court urging the Court to clarify the proper legal standard for when employees should receive religious accommodations in the workplace.

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PDF / February 28, 2023

The FDA’s Paxlovid Pandemonium

David Gortler

Like many other things the Biden White House implements, they force through a multitude of ideas, concepts and public health mandates which “seem” like they could work, but without the requisite conclusive scientifically obtained evidence that they will work.  

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Brownstone Institute / February 27, 2023

EPPC Scholar Urges Washington State Not to Pressure Clergy to Violate Seal of the Confessional

Eric Kniffin

Washington State would go where no state has gone before, setting the State up for a civil rights lawsuit I am confident it would lose.

PDF / February 24, 2023

HHS Proposes Rule Modifying Healthcare Conscience Regulations

Rachel N. Morrison

Morrison expands on the proposed HHS rule that would allegedly “increase access to care and prevent discrimination.”

The Federalist Society / February 16, 2023

Transgenderism’s Scientific Legitimacy Crisis

David Gortler

Humans are born either male or female. No amount of self-perception, self-identification, or “affirmation” can ever change that. 

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The Washington Examiner / January 8, 2023