Eric Coykendall is director of operations for the K-12 education office at Hillsdale College and a fellow of the Claremont Institute. He holds a B.A. in politics from Hillsdale College and an M.A. in American politics and political philosophy from the Claremont Graduate University. He is working on a dissertation examining Supreme Court jurisprudence on the free exercise of religion.
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