Friday, November 04, 2005

Alito Student Article On Establishment Clause Issue

While a student at Yale Law School in 1974, now-Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito published a lengthy Note in the Yale Law Journal that has been posted online. It is titled The "Released Time" Cases Revisited: A Study of Group Decisionmaking by the Supreme Court. It discusses the McCollum and Zorach cases-- involving release of public school students from class activities to attend religious instruction-- from the perspective of the interaction of various members of the Court. The Yale Law Journal has created a discussion board for posting of comments on Alito's 1974 Note. [Thanks to Marty Lederman via Religionlaw for the information.]