Season 6, Episode 15 (Show 276): Remember the Alamo Heights

April 29, 2026

More on the origins of the American constitutional view of religious liberty, religious establishment, and church-state relations – culminating in a current case (Alamo Heights).  And Sarah Isgur is back once again.

CLE Credit Available for this episode from podcast.njsba.com.

We continue to trace the historical origins of the constitution’s approach to religion in American government and American life.  We take you on a tour around Europe at the time of the Reformation and for centuries beyond, all the way to American migration.  All this is remarkably relevant to recent events, as the Alamo Heights/Ten Commandments case comes to a head. Meanwhile, Sarah Isgur returns for a third helping – or is it grilling? – as we continue to discuss her recent book and it finds its way onto the best-seller list.  Individual justices are discussed along with much more.  

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Show Notes:

How to get Continuing Legal Education Credit for listening!

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Nathan et al v. Alamo Heights School District (2026) Fifth Circuit

The Fifth Circuit, in a 9-8 decision, decides that a Texas law requiring display of the Ten Commandments in schools is constitutional.  Will this stand?  Here, the opinion.

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