Campbell Law Federalist Society to hold debate on religious liberties

RALEIGH, N.C. – Campbell Law School’s Federalist Society will hold a debate centered around religious liberties on Thursday, Oct. 23 at noon. Area residents are encouraged to join the Campbell Law community in attending the presentation. Paid parking is available at the City of Raleigh Municipal Parking Deck across from the law school on West Morgan Street.

Dr. John Baker, Jr., Ph.D., a Visiting Professor with Georgetown University Law Center, and Elizabeth McLaughlin Haddix of the UNC Center for Civil Rights will participate in the debate.

The debate will address the Constitutional conflict between the religious liberties of business owners and their provision of same sex ceremonial services. Recent national headlines have included stories of bakers and photographers attempting to deny service to same sex couples on the grounds of exercising religious liberty.

Dr. Baker is a Visiting Fellow at Oriel College, the University of Oxford, as well as a Professor Emeritus of Law at Louisiana State University Law School. He was a Distinguished Scholar at the Catholic University of America Law School during the 2011-12 academic year, and has also taught for Georgetown University Law School, Tulane Law School, George Mason Law School, Pepperdine Law School, New York Law School, Hong Kong University, and the University of Dallas School of Management. He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Lyon III (France) (1999-2011) and at the Universidad de los Andes, Chile, where he was a Fulbright Specialist in 2012. He has lectured at universities and research institutes in Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Croatia, Slovenia, Vietnam, and the Philippines, where he was a Fulbright Fellow (2006). Professor Baker received his J.D., with honors, from the University of Michigan Law School and his B.A., magna cum laude, from the University of Dallas. He also earned a Ph.D. in Political Thought from the University of London. Professor Baker has taught over a dozen different subjects, mostly in the area of public law. He regularly argues in federal court, including twice before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Haddix joined the UNC Center for Civil Rights in 2010. She holds a B.A. from Duke University and a J.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law. Haddix was awarded a fellowship from the National Association for Public Interest Law, which she used to represent low-income workers as a staff attorney at the North Carolina Justice Center. She has represented employment and civil rights clients with Edelstein & Payne in Raleigh, N.C., and as support attorney to UE Local 150, the N.C. Public Service Workers Union. From 2005-10, Haddix had a solo law practice serving low-income workers across the state, many of whom speak only Spanish. At the UNC Center for Civil Rights, Haddix works alongside her colleagues to dismantle structural racism through support to community organizing efforts, research-based advocacy, and impact litigation.

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