Exciting News

When I was in law school I wrote a law review article that ended up getting published in the Ave Maria Law Review. In this article I argued that a recently enacted law designed to protect the ability of churches to build, expand and otherwise use their property for religious services was constitutional.

In one case, Elsinore Christian Center v. City of Lake Elsinore, a federal trial court judge had struck down the law as exceeding Congress’ power. Since I believed the law to be constitutional, I thus argued the Lake Elsinore case was wrongly decided. Today I found out that on Tuesday the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously overruled the District Court in Lake Elsinore, effectively validating my argument (though I sincerely doubt the Ninth Circuit judges were swayed or even aware of my article).

Also, I found out that a student who graduated this summer cited my article in her own law review article that was published in the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review. Those with Lexis or Westlaw access can find her article at 13 Am. Bankr. Inst. L. Rev. 839. I'm at footnote 212.