Napolitano Wrong on Government Powers

http://www.judgenap.com/post/can-the-government-restrict-travel-to-protect-public-health

Not a few Constitutional scholars would question if not reject his opening salvo as something rendered moot by both the president's role as Commander-in-Chief as well as the 14^th Amendment and its empowerment of the Federal Government to provide equal protection.

A Very Confused Marine

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/04/27/punished-marine-gets-religious-liberty-case-heard-in-militarys-highest-court/

This is one of those stories that got a lot of traction in Evangelical circles but it's so fraught with problems it's difficult to know where to begin. I see little point in investing a great deal of time and energy in hashing out an extensive commentary but a few points are warranted.

The EU's Sham Concerns for Religious Freedom

http://www.euractiv.com/section/freedom-of-thought/video/freedom-of-religion-and-belief-beyond-the-eus-borders/

These sorts of initiatives cannot but make one groan. It is but another case of blind bureaucrats addressing issues far beyond their ken. The EU is actually quite hostile to religious minorities nor do its leaders grasp what religious life is. The growing hostility to homeschooling in Germany and Scandinavia are prime examples of this. You can attend worship services, though increasingly what you say in them is under scrutiny but the idea that you would live out your faith is... increasingly verboten.

Enlightenment, Feminism and the Burkini Breaking Point

One thing you can say about the European Right... it's definitely rooted in the Enlightenment. Well, that statement would not be applicable to every version of the European Right and yet it certainly applies to the mayor of Cannes.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/08/12/489777580/french-resort-city-bans-muslim-bathing-suit

The Burkini is deemed immoral. It must be banned.

Toplessness and public nudity are moral because they represent individualist Enlightenment culture.

Magisterial Protestantism and America's Founding: Did Knox and Calvin Believe in Religious Liberty?

https://store.hslda.org/from-tyndale-to-madison-p43.aspx

An ad for this book turned up in my inbox.

What a strange narrative these folks have sought to create. Religious Liberty, and then to cite Calvin and Knox?