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53 Seton Hall L. Rev. 667 (2022-2023)
White Christian Nationalism Enters the Political Mainstream: Implications for the Roberts Court and Religious Freedom

handle is hein.journals/shlr53 and id is 670 raw text is: White Christian Nationalism Enters the Political Mainstream: Implications for the Roberts Court and Religious Freedom Stephen M. Feldman* INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................667 I. THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL CONSERVATISM.........................673 A. Neoliberalism.......................................................................674 B. White Christian Nationalism...............................................678 1. Origins ...........................................................................679 2. Two Threads..................................................................682 3. Relationship with Democracy.......................................689 C. Deeper into the Political Mainstream................................692 1. The End of the Cold War .............................................694 2. September 11 Terrorist Attacks on the Twin Towers .699 3. The Election of Barack Obama....................................700 4. The Election of Donald Trump ...................................701 5. Republican Conservatism Today..................................712 II. POLITICAL CONSERVATISM AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM UNDER THE ROBERTS COURT ....................................................722 A. Introduction ........................................................................722 B. Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania......................729 III. CONCLUSION .................................................................................741 INTRODUCTION An increasing number of legal scholars and political scientists acknowledge that, in most cases, Supreme Court decision-making is based on neither pure law nor pure politics.1 Rather, the justices' votes * Jerry W. Housel/Carl F. Arnold Distinguished Professor of Law and Adjunct Profes- sor of Political Science, University of Wyoming 1 See MICHAEL A. BAILEY & FORREST MALTZMAN, THE CONSTRAINED COURT: LAW, POLITICS, AND THE DECISIONS JUSTICES MAXE 15-16, 65-66 (2011); CHARLES GARDNER 667

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