Rededicating ourselves to freedom.

This article focuses on the programs sponsored by the Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section of the American Bar Association, which highlights the bicentennial of the Bill of Rights and the 25th anniversary of the section in 1991. Astronomer Carl Sagan pointed out that the Bill of Rights ensures devil worshippers the right to mock Christianity, prolifers to protest outside abortion clinics, scientists to assert the superiority of one race over another and individuals to praise the likes of Adolph Hitler. The Free Exercise Clause in the 21st Century: Religious Life After Oregon versus Smith is a debate of the future of religious freedom following the Supreme Court decision that unemployment benefits could be withheld from state employees fired after taking the drug peyote as part of a religious ceremony. Threats to the Bill of Rights by Our Current Approach to Crime, Conflicting Constitutional Rights and the Ongoing Struggle for Equality features a panel of legal experts.