For those list participants near DC, ACS is hosting an interesting RLUIPA anniversary panel next week, featuring at least four list participants. For those not near DC, seeing Marci, Doug, Marc, and Roman on the same panel debating this issue may be worth a plane ticket.
Eric Treene ___________________ The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy invites you to attend: RLUIPA 10 YEARS LATER President Clinton signed the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act into law on September 22, 2000. Fast forward a decade later, we as a society are still debating the meaning of religious freedom in a pluralistic democracy. Most recently, we have seen the American fabric fray around the siting of an Islamic community center in downtown Manhattan, not far from the where the World Trade Center stood. As we look back at the 10 years since RLUIPA was passed, what has the law achieved? Where hasn't it lived up to the expectations of those who fought for its enactment? Which harms predicted by its opponents have come to pass? Which haven't? On September 21, 2010, a panel of experts, including academics and practitioners in the field, will discuss these and other related questions on the occasion of RLUIPA's 10th anniversary. The program will be held from 12:30 - 2:30 and will feature: . Opening Remarks: Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division . Introduction: David Lachmann, Chief of Staff, House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties . Panel: o Marci Hamilton, Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law, Cardozo School of Law o Douglas Laycock, Armistead M. Dobie Professor of Law and Horace W. Goldsmith Research Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law o Elizabeth Merritt, Deputy General Counsel, National Trust for Historic Preservation o Marc Stern, Associate General Counsel, American Jewish Committee o Roman Storzer, Partner, Storzer & Greene Register Now! http://www.acslaw.org/node/16871 Lunch will be provided at 12:00, with program to begin at 12:30. Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2226 Independence Avenue and South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20003 _______________________________________________ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
