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Judiciary | High court explores bewildering issues in faith-based challenge | Becky Perry

The faith-based initiative sustained its first major Supreme Court battle late last month, when a Wisconsin-based group of atheists and agnostics challenged the constitutionality of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.

On Feb. 28, the court heard oral arguments in Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation, the first religious liberty case to be heard since the confirmation of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito.

"Hein" is Jay Hein ("Politics matter," Feb. 24, 2007), the government defendant and director of the White House faith-based office. President George Bush launched the office in 2001 as part of his emphasis on compassionate conservatism.

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March 10, 2007, Vol. 22, No. 9

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