The Supreme Court agreed October 15 to hear a case that could lead t a ruling on the constitutionality of the landmark 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act designed to limit government interference with religious practices. The court signaled its readiness to review the constitutionality of RFRA ...
The Supreme Court has ruled that teachers in religious schools are not protected by anti-discrimination laws. The justices also ruled that employers with religious objections to birth control can deny contraception coverage. Ilya Shapiro, director of the
The Supreme Court’s decision in the Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties cases is a much-anticipated and wonderful affirmation as the court process proceeds. It shows that religious freedom continues to be the lifeblood of a country founded on the inalienable rights afforded to us by our ...
Supreme Court denies religious freedom By Bob Topper A good friend who heads a leading law firm once explained that when a lawyer’s case is weak, he argues precedent. He relies on historical findings in similar cases to razzle-dazzle the judge and jury. But when a lawyer is in command ...
theReligious Freedom Restoration Act(1993) and theReligious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act(2000) each sought to stanch the damage, a Supreme Court ruling overturningSmithwould have been more powerful. Justice Alito, in a concurring opinion for theFultondecision, observed...
In 2016, Stutzman appeared on a panel with her attorney, Kristen Waggoner of Alliance Defending Freedom, at Proclaim 16, NRB’s International Christian Media Convention, to discuss her case along with several other important cases in which religious liberty is being threatened. St...
Religious FreedomFirst AmendmentRFRAHobby LobbyLittle Sisters of the PoorRLUIPAFree Exercise ClauseEstablishment ClauseContraception MandateThis Article presents one of the first empirical studies of federal religious freedom cases since the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Hobby Lobby. CriticsGoodrich, ...
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The key issue before the Supreme Court is whether profit-making corporations can assert religious beliefs under the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act or the First Amendment provision guaranteeing Americans the right to believe and worship as they choose. Nearly four years ago, the justices expande...
Supreme Court has held several times in recent years has held that once a state starts funding private institutions, the First Amendment forbids excluding participants on the basis of religion, citing high court decisions in cases from Montana,Maine and Missouri. He also said a Supreme Court ...