Laying Low the High Flying Evangelicals at the United States Air Force Academy? Thanks, But No Thanks

Journal of Law and Education, Oct 2007 by Fitschen, Steven W

1. Heather Cook, Service Before Self? Evangelicals Flying High at the U.S. Air Force Academy, 36 J.L. & EDUC. 1 (2007).

2. Id. at 3-4.

3. Id. at 4-10.

4. Id. at 19-32. Henceforth, I will not place "problems" in quotes. However, I usually do not agree with Cook as to whether certain practices are problems. The term will always be employed from her perspective. A similar practice will be followed for other terms, e.g., "negative" and "concerns."

5. Id.

6. See infra text accompanying notes 7, 10-11.

7. Cook, supra note 1, at 5-10, nn.19-25, 28-41, 43-46, 48.

8. See, e.g., Eugene Volokh, The Shrink Missouri Government PAC Case and the First Amendment Freedom of Speech and Speech About Political Candidates: The Unintended Consequences of Three Proposals, 24 HARV. J.L. & PUB. POL'Y 573, 599 (2000); Rodney A. Grunes and Jon Veen, Justice Brennan, Catholicism, and the Establishment Clause, 35 U.S.F L. REV. 527, 550 (2001); and Ira C. Lupu, Religion in the Public Square: Government Messages and Government Money: Santa Fe, Mitchell v. Helms, and the Arc of the Establishment Clause, 42 WM. & MARY L. REV. 771, 822 (2002) (all describing AU this way).

9. See, e.g., Tim Groseclose & Jeffery Milyo, A Measure of Media Bias, 70 Q. J. ECON. 1191 (2005).

10. United States Air Force, U.S. Dep't of Defense, The Report of the Headquarters Review Group Concerning the Religious Climate at the US Air Force Academy (2005) (hereinafter "Brady Report").

11. Cook, supra note 1, at 2 n.8, 4 n.13, 7 n.37, 8 n.42, 22 n.126.

12. Brady Report, supra note 10, at i, iii-iv, 13, 27, 30-32, 34.

13. Virtually all of the documents are available on the CM/ECF/PACER webpage of the District Court, http://www.nmcourt.fed.us/web/DCDOCS/cmecf/default.htm (last visited May 30, 2007).

14. See, Cook, supra note 1, at 1 n.l, 2 n.5, 10-12 nn.51-55, 59, 12-13 nn.65-68 (citing documents).

15. See, e.g., id. at 11 n.54.

16. See, e.g., Defendants' Motion to Dismiss and Plaintiffs' Supplemental Response to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss, which hotly contest factual allegations. (On file with the author.)

17. Cook, supra note 1, at 12 n.63 (quoting Patrick O'Driscoll, Plaintiffs Say Air Force Recruiters Told to Use Religion as Tool, USA Today, Mar. 10, 2006).

18. See Plaintiffs' Motion to Amend First Amended Complaint. (On file with the author.)

19. Defendants' Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion to Amend First Amended Complaint, Attachment 1. (On file with the author.)

20. Id.

21. Id. at 9.

22. Id. at Attachment 1.

23. See, e.g., Plaintiffs' Reply Brief in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion to Amend First Amended Complaint, at 1-4. (On file with the author.)

24. See, e.g., supra note 19, at Attachment 3.

25. Brady Report, supra note 10, at i-ii.

26. See, e.g., id. at i-iii, 31.

27. Cook, supra note 1, at 11 n.54, 22.

28. Id. at 14 & n.77.

29. Id. at 6.

30. Id. at 26.

31. Id.

32. See, e.g., Brady Report, supra note 10, at 3, 12, 25-26, 30, 35-37, 39.

33. Id. at 37.

34. Cook, supra note 1, at 7-8.

35. Brady Report, supra note 10, at 8.