November 2007 Public Forum

Dan's speech, "Beyond Iraq: The Threat to Freedom of an Imperial Presidency," was about recent lawsuits supported by the Bush administration whose purpose was to undermine state-church separation and decrease the legal ability of citizens to protect it.

The most recent case, which FFRF lost (thanks to a Supreme Court now dominated by religious-right Catholic Justices), was Hein vs. Freedom From Religion Foundation. The Court ruled that the President can use discretionary funds allocated to him by Congress to support religious activities if he so chooses and that citizens have no standing to challenge that.

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