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  • Legal Spirits 078: A Short Take on Religion in the Military

    June 11, 2026 · 6 min

    The Defense Department recently created a controversy by revising its list of religious affiliation codes for service members and failing to designate the LDS Church as Christian. After objections, DOD removed the Christian designation…

  • Legal Spirits 077: Dignity in Judgment

    April 22, 2026 · 31 min

    In this episode of Legal Spirits, I speak with Andrea Pin about his new book, Dignity in Judgment, and the role of human dignity in contemporary constitutional law. We explore competing understandings of dignity—a secular, autonomy-based…

  • Legal Spirits 076: A Short Take on Chiles v. Salazar

    April 2, 2026

    Therapist Kaley Chiles at the Supreme Court (CSPAN) In this short take, Mark Movsesian looks at the Supreme Court’s 8-1 decision this week in Chiles v. Salazar, involving a Christian therapist who challenged Colorado’s ban on so-called…

  • Legal Spirits 075: A Short Take on the Louisiana 10 Commandments Case

    March 4, 2026 · 6 min

    Louisiana Authorities Announce the New 10 Commandments Policy (CNN) A couple of weeks ago, the en banc 5th Circuit vacated on ripeness grounds a lower court ruling that Louisiana’s law requiring placement of the 10 Commandments in public…

  • Legal Spirits 074: Religion and the State in Japan

    February 10, 2026 · 33 min

    Nearly eighty years after Japan adopted constitutional provisions separating religion and the state, Japanese courts continue to grapple with a question familiar to American lawyers: how to enforce separation without severing law from…

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