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Marci Hamilton is the Paul R. Verkuil Chair of Public Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and a widely regarded scholar in constitutional law. She is an expert on and advocate for the U.S. Constitution's required separation of church and state.〔(Cardozo.yu.edu )〕 Hamilton promotes adequate protection for minors, individuals and landowners who suffer as a result of actions which are claimed to be constitutionally protected on religious grounds. Hamilton is critical of provisions within Federal and State Religious Freedom Restoration Acts (RFRA's). ==Background and ideas== Hamilton received her Bachelor of Arts from Vanderbilt University in 1979. She then earned a Master's degree at Pennsylvania State University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she was editor-in-chief of the Law Review. Hamilton served as a law clerk for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of the Supreme Court of the United States〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cardozo.yu.edu/directory/marci-hamilton )〕 and Chief Judge Edward R. Becker of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.〔 She was the lead counsel for the city of Boerne, Texas, in ''Boerne v. Flores'' before the U.S. Supreme Court. Hamilton is a critic of the Utah Attorney General's office for not vigorously prosecuting polygamists in the state. She indicated that arguments against prosecution based on due process violations and alleged violations of religious freedom had no merit. However, this position has been criticized as one based on legal theory that ignores the reality of limited amounts of evidence and limited government resources.〔(''Deseret News'' report on Hamilton statements at a University of Utah law school sponsored debate )〕 Hamilton is vocal about her standing as a religious believer and cites examples where religion is a significant benefit to human society. She further asserts that religious liberty deserves accommodation as long as such accommodation complies with the "no harm principle". Hamilton argues that State and Church separation are vital to religious liberty. She bases this contention on the record of religious diversity among the framers of the constitution and their distrust of government sanctioned religion in the "old world". Hamilton is critical of legislation that is passed under the guise of protecting religious liberty while, in her opinion, create unintended and unreasonable consequences.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marci Hamilton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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