{"product_id":"holy-hullabaloos-isbn-9780807000441","title":"Holy Hullabaloos","description":"After ten years spent riddling over the intricacies of church\/state law from the ivory tower, law professor Jay Wexler decided it was high time to hit the road to learn what really happened in some of the most controversial Supreme Court cases involving this hot-button issue. In \u003ci\u003eHoly Hullabaloos\u003c\/i\u003e, he takes us along for the ride, crossing the country to meet the people and visit the places responsible for landmark decisions in recent judicial history, from a high school football field where fans once recited prayers before kickoff to a Santeria church notorious for animal sacrifice, from a publicly funded Muslim school to a creationist museum. Wexler's no-holds-barred approach to investigating famous church\/state brouhahas is as funny as it is informative.I've read a lot of entertaining travelogues and informative studies of Supreme Court cases, but never at the same time. Think Sarah Vowell's \u003ci\u003eAssassination Vacation\u003c\/i\u003e meets Peter Irons' \u003ci\u003eThe Courage of Their Convictions\u003c\/i\u003e. Thank God for \u003ci\u003eHoly Hullabaloos\u003c\/i\u003e.—Pamela Karlan, founding director of the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic at Stanford University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Religion and politics are the two things we are not supposed to talk about. Jay Wexler does—with deadpan humor. We need to tone down the anger over these issues, and he shows the way.\"—Alan Wolfe, author of \u003ci\u003eDoes American Democracy Still Work?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The sharpest, the most insightful, the most side-splittingly funny book on law since—\u003ci\u003eSupreme Courtship\u003c\/i\u003e!\" —Christopher Buckley, author of \u003ci\u003eSupreme Courtship\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThank You For Smoking\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating and frequently funny journey through many of the sites of the greatest church and state squabbles in modern American history.\"—Barry Lynn, author of \u003ci\u003ePiety \u0026amp; Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJay Wexler\u003c\/b\u003e is a  Professor at the Boston University School of Law, where he has taught since  2001. Prior to teaching, Wexler studied religion at the University of Chicago  Divinity School and law at Stanford Law  School. After law school,  he worked as a clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the U.S. Supreme Court  and then as a lawyer in the Office of Legal Council at the Department of  Justice. He has published nearly twenty academic articles, essays, and reviews,  as well as nearly three dozen short stories and humor pieces, in places like  \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpy, Mental Floss\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e. His first book was \u003ci\u003eHoly Hullabaloos\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305095352549,"sku":"NP9780807000441","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780807000441.jpg?v=1767729148","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/holy-hullabaloos-isbn-9780807000441","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}