Josh Blackman Among New Members of Religious Liberty Commission Advisory Board of Legal Experts

From the White House statement; congratulations to Josh on the appointment! The list also includes:

• Francis Beckwith … Professor of Philosophy & Church-State Studies, Affiliate Professor of Political Science, and Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Philosophy at Baylor University…..
• Jason Bedrick … a Research Fellow in the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation ….
• Gerald Bradley … professor of law at the University of Notre Dame ….
• Alyza Lewin … President of The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law … [and] President of the American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists from 2012 – 2017.
• Kristen Waggoner … CEO, president, and general counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom ….

Comments

[cannpro]

Didn’t Blackman claim reform Jews weren’t worthy of having their religious freedoms respected?

[JoeFromtheBronx]

Religious liberty in support of abortion rights can't be taken too far, come on.

Anyway, that doesn't look like a very balanced commission. That isn't surprising. But ideally, there should be more diversity. I know. DEI is bad.

Gerald Bradley, professor of law at the University of Notre Dame, where he teaches legal ethics and Constitutional law. He publicly criticized the New York court that indicted Trump for fraud by covering up hush money payments to a prostitute. “The Trump indictment is a grave abuse of a prosecutor’s discretion,” he said.

Helpful information for his value on this body, sure.

[David Nieporent]

It was a porn star, not a prostitute!

[Bob from Ohio]

She has sex for money so she's a whore.

[CJColucci]

Leave Melania alone!

[Frank Drackman]

You mean (Dr) Jill Biden, Melania already had a successful career on her own

[hobie]

I thought it was Trump that said any Jew that didn't vote for him was not a Jew

[cannpro]

Correction. Blackman thinks only Jews who voted for Trump deserve religious liberty.

[Frank Drackman]

Now you're not just stealing Veteran's Valor, you're lying about what "45/47" said
He didn't say that Jews who didn't vote for him weren't Jews, he said "They should have their heads examined" (They should, inappropriate behavior's often the first sign of a Brain Tumor)
I think you're confused (or demented, like Demented Joe) with Demented Joe, who said if you were Black and didn't vote for him you weren't Black

Frank

[Martinned2]

Josh Blackman sits on a Trump illiberal religious boondoggle with this lady, that's the least surprising thing Trump has done since he started his second term.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCAuHH5EYnE

[Drewski]

Good; having Josh on board should help minimize their impact.

[Glaucomatose]

I sure hope Josh gets to represent them in court.

“Counselor, if we don’t find for you on the initial question presented, what’s your fallback?”
“We’ll kill everyone who defies us, your honor.”

[santamonica811]

heh

[Jaypd]

am I the only one that thinks 15 years ago everyone else on this blog would find it embarrassing that a member of this blog was on a board like this?

VC is really just circling the drain

[Bob from Ohio]

Its an advisory board to a Presidential Commission.

[Purple Martin]

Given the embarrassment this President inflicts on the country, it's understandable that you don't object to the premise of the question.

[ducksalad]

I guess all of us who accused Blackman of shameless and hopeless lobbying for a Trump appointment through his posts and speeches were wrong.

It was not hopeless after all.

[SRG2]

POTD

[hobie]

Haha!

[Bubba Jones]

Isn't the whole point of law school to strip you of personal opinions so that you can advocate for whatever the client wants?

[Frank Drackman]

Drinks are on you JB!!!!!

[John 4]

At least Blackman didn't have to announce this one himself.

[Stuart]

Just wait I'm sure he will.

[mulched]

Congratulations to Prof. Blackman on the appointment! Blessings on your work with the commission.

[Doug Heffernan]

Maybe this commission can create a reality show where adherents of the non-favored religions compete for a chance at religious freedom. Sort of like that horrible arnold schwarzenegger movie with the original host of family feud. Blackman would be good at this. He turns law into sport, he could do the same for religion.