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Mike Johnson’s Record in Church–State Cases

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., November 14, 2023.

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In an op-ed for Politico, Kim Wehle looks at Speaker Mike Johnson’s record as a litigator and accuses him of taking

Johnson’s legal activism, she adds, “has consistently been for the same religion — and not evidently in furtherance of an even-handed legal principle that would protect all religions equally (in addition to the right to reject religion altogether).”

Ramesh Ponnuru

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Ramesh Ponnuru

Ramesh Ponnuru is the editor of National Review, a columnist for the Washington Post, and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

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