Government agencies have partnered with a wide variety of religious philanthropies for many decades, and for most of that time those partnerships have garnered relatively little attention or comment. That state of affairs changed rather abruptly in 1996, with the passage of Section 104 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996Continue reading “Religious Philanthropies and Government Social Programs”
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Civic Education, Constitutional Culture and Crazy Times
Crazy times: need I elaborate? We have people showing up at Town Hall meetings with guns, and other people warning that our government wants to kill old people. We have elected officials who don’t believe in evolution and who deny the existence of climate change. We have school corporations refusing to allow students to hearContinue reading “Civic Education, Constitutional Culture and Crazy Times”
Can We Rescue Civic Literacy?
My research focuses on something I call “Constitutional Culture.” The investigation of “constitutional culture” is considerably broader than legal analysis; it focuses upon the reciprocal relationship between our laws and legal norms and the broader culture within which those norms must be understood. In other words, I study how constitutional values operate within a veryContinue reading “Can We Rescue Civic Literacy?”
Our Current Mess–a recent rant
[The other night, I spoke to the Washington Township Democratic Club, and thought I’d post those remarks here.] When I labeled this talk “The Current Mess” it was because I hadn’t decided what to talk about, and I figured “mess” covered pretty much anything I might choose—locally, I might be talking about our Mayor.Continue reading “Our Current Mess–a recent rant”
Curriculum Vitae
Sheila Suess Kennedy http://www.sheilakennedy.net Education Undergraduate A.A., Stephens College for Women 1960 B.S. in Education, with honors, Indiana University 1964 Graduate J.D., cum laude, Indiana University School of Law 1975 Academic Appointments Director, Center for Civic Literacy at IUPUI 2012– Professor of Law and Public Policy, Indiana University School Of PublicContinue reading “Curriculum Vitae”