JOHN LOFTON / Question, Please -- Jurors....

[Volokh, Eugene]

    What's lacking in any concrete sense is any link between the
question and the law of government and religion -- or, more
specifically, the link between the question and the exclusion of
atheists from jury service, and whether or not that is or should be
permissible (especially given Torcaso v. Watkins).
 
    Eugene


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	From: religionlaw-bounces at lists.ucla.edu
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	The question is hardly abstract; jurors face it every day. JL
	

	John Lofton, Editor, TheAmericanView.com
	Recovering Republican
	
	"Accursed is that peace of which revolt from God is the bond,
and blessed are those contentions by which it is necessary to maintain
the kingdom of Christ." -- John Calvin.


	-----Original Message-----
	From: Volokh, Eugene <VOLOKH at law.ucla.edu>
	To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics
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	    Folks:  Please let's focus on technical legal discussions of
the questions of the law of government and religion.  If someone wants
to tie these questions to Torcaso v. Watkins, or for that matter to
other legal principles, that's great.  But discussions at this level of
abstraction, with no tie to concrete legal matters, is not helpful on
the list.
	 
	    The list custodian


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		Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 1:37 PM
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		Subject: JOHN LOFTON / Question, Please -- Jurors....
		
		
		Are they to be judges only of "the facts" or also "the
law"? And if not "the law," sez who? What is a juror to do if he
believes law is unjust -- un-Godly, un-Constitutional?
		
		
		
		John Lofton, Editor, TheAmericanView.com
		Recovering Republican
		
		"Accursed is that peace of which revolt from God is the
bond, and blessed are those contentions by which it is necessary to
maintain the kingdom of Christ." -- John Calvin.
		
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