Announcements – John Corvino

On October 11, John joined Prof. Robin Fretwell Wilson and moderator Dr. John Jackson, the President of William Jessup University, at the Fifth Annual Court/Clergy Conference in Sacramento, for a panel on “Building Bridges in Polarizing Times.” The Conference brought together people from across the political spectrum to discuss religious liberty and related issues.

Front row, left to right, Emmanuel Salazar, co-president, Sacramento Lawyers for the Equality of Gays and Lesbians; Professor Robyn Fretwell Wilson, Illinois College of Law; Misha Igra, president, Leonard M. Friedman Bar Association (Jewish); and Angela Lai, president, St. Thomas More Society (Catholic), and her baby, Hugh Yam.

Middle row, left to right, Judge Paul A. Bacigalupo, Superior Court, County of Los Angeles, and president, California Judges Association; Lexi Howard, co-president, Sacramento Lawyers for the Equality of Gays and Lesbians; Tawfiq Morrar, president, Muslim Bar Association of Greater Sacramento; Professor John Corvino, Wayne State University; Dr. John Jackson, president, William Jessup University; Judge Jim Mize, Superior Court, County of Sacramento, and chair, Court-Clergy Steering Committee; Justice George Nicholson, ret., Court of Appeal, State of California; and Paul Hoybjerg, president, J. Reuben Clark Law Society (Mormon).

Rear row, left to right, Roy Shannon, Esq., and Dr. Philip Escamilla, Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, William Jessup University.

New Video Series!

October 9, 2018

Announcements

John has just released his new “Better Argument” series on YouTube, a baker’s dozen of very short videos on identifying fallacies and promoting more productive dialogue. The project was filmed at Wayne State University by James Wright and Mayabeth Jagosz and supported by a grant from the American Philosophical Association. This is a pilot series; there are plans for future installments.

You can watch the full series here.

John in Mexico City

October 8, 2018

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On October 5 at UNAM in Mexico City, John joined fellow scholars to talk about Linda McClain’s forthcoming book on The Rhetoric of Bigotry and Conscience.

NDPR reviews DRLD

September 1, 2018

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At the online Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, Nicholas Bamforth provides a thoughtful review of Debating Religious Liberty and Discrimination. His takeaway:

Overall, this book is a thought-provoking endeavour, and it is commendable that the authors have tried to challenge one another and to find areas of agreement. Their willingness to reach out and engage in reasoned debate is valuable in and of itself. However, they have not succeeded in reaching any real consensus, sometimes even about reference-points for the debate. Perhaps, though, their willingness to engage may be all that can reasonably be hoped for when so many components of the debate involve dispute.

Read the full review here.

John and Martha Nussbaum on Scalia

May 31, 2018

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On Sunday May 20, John joined Professor Martha Nussbaum at the University of Chicago’s Court Theatre following a performance of The Originalist–John Strand’s play about the late Justice Antonin Scalia–to discuss law, religion, and LGBT rights. The Windy City Times wrote about their dialogue here.

Princeton Panel on Masterpiece Cakeshop

May 12, 2018

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On May 9 at Princeton, John joined his DRLD counterpoint authors Ryan T. Anderson and Sherif Girgis, along with moderator Robert P. George and respondents Christopher Tollefsen and Kevin Vallier, to talk about their book and about the Masterpiece Cakeshop case. Here’s The Daily Princetonian‘s story on the event; a video should be forthcoming soon.

John on CNN

December 12, 2017

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On CNN, John discussed the U.S. Supreme Court “wedding-cake case” with host Michael Smerconish. Watch the full video here.

Slicing the Cake Cases

December 1, 2017

Sara Krulwich/NYT

At The New York Times, John explains how to draw a line between some of the cake cases in the news. From the article:

Therein lies the crucial difference between the cases: Silva’s objection was about what she sold; a design-based objection. Phillips’s objection was about to whom it was sold; a user-based objection. The gay couple never even had the opportunity to discuss designs with Phillips, because the baker made it immediately clear that he would not sell them any wedding cake at all.

Read the full article here.

Oral Arguments Next Week in Masterpiece Case

November 27, 2017

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Which seems as good a reason as any to share this video again…

Europe Lectures

November 22, 2017

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John, who is on research leave this year, has spent the month of November in Europe as a Visiting Scholar at KU Leuven, Belgium’s largest university, also giving lectures in the UK. Above, he is pictured lecturing at KU Leuven on religious liberty and discrimination. Below, clockwise from top left: At the Oxford University Press Philosophy Festival at Blackwell’s Bookshop; at KU Leuven; at a research seminar with Cambridge University’s Faculty of Law; at a public lecture at Cambridge.