Five Questions With Rachel Laser About the Establishment of Religion

Last week, we discussed the newly passed Louisana law that requires every public school classroom in the state to have its own copy of the Ten Commandments posted on the wall. This week, lawyers from the ACLU, Americans United for Separation of Church of State, and other entities filed a lawsuit challenging the new law.

What happens next?

Rachel Laser, the President and CEO at Americans United for Separation of Church and State since 2018, joins us tonight for “Five Questions” to help us understand the legal landscape.

Rachel is a lawyer, advocate, and strategist who has dedicated her career to making our country more inclusive, for instance, as a board member of Reproductive Freedom for All (previously National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) Pro-Choice America). She is a graduate of Harvard University and the University of Chicago Law School.

We are so fortunate to have her with us tonight! As we get close to the end of this term of the Supreme Court, we take our first look at a case that is likely to end up in front of them either because plaintiffs seek an injunction to keep the law from going into effect while litigation is pending or on direct appeal following a decision by the trial judge.

Rachel lives in Washington, D.C. She and her husband have three children and a dog, Teddy. You can follow her work at Americans United here.

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