Higher Ed
The Future of the Religion Clauses at the Supreme Court
Dr. Stephanie Barclay (Georgetown Law School) will deliver a JMC-sponsored Constitution Day lecture at The Ohio State University on the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses at 4:00 pm on September 15.
The 2026 Constitution Day program at The Ohio State University will feature Stephanie Barclay, Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center and Co-Director of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution, delivering a public lecture titled “The Future of the Religion Clauses at the Supreme Court.”
Designed to attract a wide campus and community audience, the event will explore how originalist interpretation of the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses is reshaping the law of religious liberty—and what the Supreme Court’s emerging doctrinal frameworks mean for cases on the horizon.
By connecting founding-era understandings of religious freedom to current and forthcoming legal controversies, the program will encourage students and community members alike to consider how the Court’s approach to the Religion Clauses influences governance, individual liberty, and the relationship between church and state in the twenty-first century.
Registration is required.