Lawrence Sager’s faculty profile
KERA News May 2, 2024
Here’s how Tarrant County school districts responded to Texas chaplain bill
Professor Lawrence Sager notes that school districts have to strike a “delicate balance” between religious expression and the separation of church and state in schools.
Fort Worth Report April 4, 2024
International Film Crew Stirs Keller ISD Debate Over Separation of Religion, Education
Professor Lawrence Sager provides context on the First Amendment and separation between church and state in public schools in an article about a controversial filming that occurred on a high school campus.
Fort Worth Report October 1, 2023
Law experts weigh in on Arlington monastery dispute between Fort Worth bishop, nuns
Professor Lawrence Sager provides an overview of the religious and secular laws relevant to a property dispute case between a group of nuns and Fort Worth Bishop Michael F. Olson.
Fort Worth Report August 28, 2023
Will Fort Worth schools hire chaplains? Local tensions mount against new Texas law
Professor Lawrence Sager expresses concern that Senate Bill 763, which allows public schools to employ volunteer chaplains to provide mental health support, is too vague and "constitutionally careless."
Kera News July 24, 2023
Did the city of Fort Worth violate atheists’ First Amendment rights? Experts weigh in
Professor Lawrence Sager comments on how the First Amendment’s religion and free speech clauses apply to a case involving the City of Fort Worth's denial of a request by an atheist organization to hang outdoor banners.
KXAN June 30, 2022
Post-Roe, what other 14th Amendment cases could be revisited?
Professor Lawrence Sager gives his opinion on Justice Thomas's recent remark about revisiting the hearings that establish precedents for contraception access, same-sex intercourse and same-sex marriage.
Los Angeles Times April 15, 2020
Do coronavirus social distancing orders violate religious freedom? Local pastors say yes
Professor Lawrence Sager was quoted about the strength of California churches’ case to claim that coronavirus social distancing orders are unconsitutitional religious discrimination in an article from the Los Angeles Times.