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About Charles J. Russo
Charles J. Russo, M.Div., J.D., Ed.D., Joseph Panzer Chair of Education in the School of Education and Health Sciences (SEHS), Director of SEHS’s Ph.D. Program in Educational Leadership, and Research Professor of Law in the School of Law at the University of Dayton, OH, specializes in issues involving education and the law with a special focus on religious freedom. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Notre Dame University of Australia School of Law, Sydney Campus. He can be reached at crusso1@udayton.edu. All views expressed herein are exclusively his own.
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Radical ideological orthodoxy trammels parental rights, needs of children

April 1, 2024 Charles J. Russo 7

Discrimination against Christians continues unabated as for the third time in four years public officials have sought to not allow qualified Christians to serve as foster or adoptive parents because they reject the current orthodoxy […]

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SCOTUS kicks the can down the road on parental rights

March 23, 2024 Charles J. Russo 4

In 1925, in Pierce v. Society of Sisters of the Holy Name of Jesus and Mary, the Supreme Court upheld the rights of faith-based schools to operate along with those of parents to direct the […]

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Maine continues to discriminate against faith-based schools

March 15, 2024 Charles J. Russo 8

Effective October 18, 2021, Maine amended its Human Rights Act (MHRA) by “add[ing] gender identity, religion, ancestry, and color” as protected classes under the statute and narrowed the religious exception to state that ‘[n]othing in […]

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“The child is not the mere creature of the state” redux

February 20, 2024 Charles J. Russo 11

Almost a century ago, in 1925’s Pierce v. Society of Sisters, a dispute from Oregon, the Supreme Court upheld the rights of non-public schools to operate and of parents to have them educated where they […]

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Biden administration works to deny financial aid to pro-life pregnancy centers

February 15, 2024 Charles J. Russo 18

In October 2023, the Biden administration, through the Department of Health and Human Services, under the direction of Xavier Becerra, continued its unrelenting attack on pro-life family centers. After a failed attempt to deny financial […]

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Biden administration seeks to erase mothers and fathers in federal statutes/regulations

December 15, 2023 Charles J. Russo 18

Having already demonstrated its unrelenting support for abortion, along with attempting to deny aid to a pro-life family planning center, the current administration, under the direction of self-professed Catholics President Joseph Biden, whose office portrays him […]

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Two questions emerge about religious freedom from Kloosterman v Metropolitan Hospital

November 6, 2023 Charles J. Russo 3

As evidenced by Kloosterman v Metropolitan Hospital, a recent case from Michigan, a serious issue involving religious freedom concerns the conscience rights of health care providers. Disputes arise when medical professionals are unable to comply […]

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The Supreme Court and the fragility of religious freedom today

October 16, 2023 Charles J. Russo 3

About fourteen months ago, in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, the Supreme Court, in a saga that began in 2015, ruled that educational officials in Washington violated the rights of an high school football coach […]

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A narrow win for religious freedom in Maryland

September 25, 2023 Charles J. Russo 4

Amid ongoing controversy over the tension between religious freedom and issues involving human sexuality, the Supreme Court of Maryland, in a four-to-three judgment, handed a narrow and significant victory to faith-based institutions in Doe v. […]

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Analysis: Massachusetts rejects Catholic couple as foster parents

August 21, 2023 Charles J. Russo 17

In April, officials in Oregon denied Jessica Bates, a widowed mother of five, the opportunity to adopt siblings under the age of nine from foster care. The reason? She would not “accept” and “support” the […]

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