When the Scottish National Party set the date of Scotland’s independence referendum in 2014, it did so with a careful sense of history. 2014 was, after all, the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn, in which Robert the Bruce’s Scottish army defeated the much larger English forces of Edward II. Bannockburn was a monumental event in the history of the British Isles, one that cemented the existence of a separate Scottish nation, a perpetual thorn in England’s side until the two countries unified in 1707.
The SNP lost the 2014 referendum ...
When the Scottish National Party set the date of Scotland’s independence referendum in 2014, it did so with a careful sense of history. 2014 was, after all, the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn, in which Robert the Bruce’s Scottish army defeated the much larger English forces of Edward II. Bannockburn was a...
In light of its recent decision in Trinity Lutheran v. Comer, the United States Supreme Court has vacated an anti-school-voucher judgment of the Colorado supreme court in 2015. Doyle v....
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On Monday, the Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited decision in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer, delivering a potent victory for religious liberty—but one with murkier...
