Lawrence Sager’s faculty profile

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.