Greetings —

This is just a brief note to let you know that I will be giving a lecture on my book, The Court and the Cross: The Religious Right’s Crusade to Reshape the Supreme Court, at the Yale Club of New York City, 54 Vanderbilt Avenue, on Thursday, February 5, 2009, from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. There will be a reception from 6:30 to 7:00, and a booksigning will follow. Admission is free; business casual dress is required.

The lecture and Q&A will focus on how the composition of the Court will be affected by the outcome of the 2008 election, including both President Obama’s new administration and the increased Democratic majority in the Senate. I will also be discussing several cases from the current term, including: the main church-state case, Summum v. Pleasant Grove City, Utah; a broadcast decency case, FCC v. Fox; and the Court’s recent decision to let stand a 3rd Circuit decision declaring the 1998 Child Online Protection Act unconstitutional, Mukasey v. A.C.L.U.

If you know anyone in the New York City area who might be interested in this talk, please pass this on to them.

A couple of other pending book developments: The Court and the Cross will be available in paperback later this spring, and my next book, American Privacy: The 300-year History of Our Most Contested Right, is entering production early next month. It will be available in bookstores and online at the end of the year.

That’s it for now. If anyone has any questions or needs additional information, please let me know.

Regards,

Fred