Supreme Court Declines to Hear Three Cases on Religion in SchoolsTed Olsen
By the mid-1990s the wide divergence of views revealed a fractured Court with little or no leadership on the part of the Chief Justice. The religion cases examined in this article illustrate how the Court has incrementally modified constitutional law. Selective analysis of judicial opinions supports...
The Shinto Cases: Religion, Culture, or Both--The Japanese Supreme Court and Establishment of Religion Jurisprudence Brigham Young University Law ReviewRavitch, Frank S.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking on a major test of LGBT rights in cases that look at whether federal civil rights law bans job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The justices said Monday they will hear cases involving people who claim they ...
The court ruled by a majority of 7-2 that Colorado had violated Phillips’ right to free exercise of religion. The ruling states:“The reason and motive for the baker’s refusal were based on his sincere religious beliefs and convictions... It is proper to hold that whatever the outcome ...
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passive aggression. Going far beyond any legitimate Christian concern, such cases involve constructing an enormous hypersensitive conscience that will feel “complicit” in anyone’s behavior that it fails to control. Making the world safe for such a construction restricts the freedom of everyone else...
But in other cases, such as when free speech and freedom of religion were restricted by legislative or administrative policies, the Court retained an aggressive posture. Eventually, after initially announcing that it eschewed "substantive" interpretations of the Due Process Clauses, the Court began ...
Supreme CourtcivilCommissioned by the American Judges Association, this article provides an overview of the most significant civil cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court duringPettys, Todd ESocial Science Electronic Publishing
This article examines the application of the right of access to a court as guaranteed by Article 47 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in cases involving State immunity. First, it considers the scope of the right of access to a court under the Charter, including its relationship with Ar...