The paper examines the way the US Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights have dealt with the discriminatory treatment of religious minorities in relation to proselytism, and the role played by the principle of neutrality in arguments supporting the invalidation of statutes which ...
The neutrality principle: the Supreme Court will soon reconsider Washington State's revoking of Joshua Davey's college scholarship after he decided to major in theology. Will its decision render the Blaine amendments, provisions of state constitutions that prohibit aid to religious schools, ...
I have not seen a discussion of why one was approved as a part-time court and the other a full-time court—perhaps the leadership decided that the Intellectual Property Court was the one that would make a more important national and international impact, given the critical importance of intell...
The U.S. Supreme Court in Religious Freedom Cases, 1970–1990: Champion to the Anti-Religion Forces This study evaluates, for the period 1970-1990, decision-making by the U.S. Supreme Court in cases adjudicated under the religion clauses of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. ...
nor did it have anything to do with the nation’s long tradition of practical religious accommodation. Instead, Scalia rested the Court’s decision on an admitted “prefer[ence]” for majoritarianism. In his view, the Free Exercise Clause’s history had only a “permissible” answer to the ...
“When private individuals use taxpayer funding to choose a religious K-12 school for their children, those individuals are not using public money to establish a religion. The Supreme Court noted that the state’s interest in not establishing religion and maintaining government neutrality on religion...
In her first term on the high court, Jackson will hear a pair of cases involving admissions policies at Harvard College and the University of North Carolina, as well as redistricting and religious liberty disputes. Jackson has pledged to recuse herself from the Harvard legal fight, as she is...
” While the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) authority over individual product approval decisions is based in statute-and thus will not be impacted by the high court’s Chevron decision-experts have warned that the agency’s overall decision-making process could slow, increasing the time ...
Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a plurality opinion that said the government might give money to religious schools as long as it doesn't result in the advancement or inhibition of religion. The decision points out that the court has consistently turned to the neutrality principle, which upholds aid...
Court and its grounds, as well as the Nation’s Capital. Moreover, the Court’s opinions, like its building, have recognized the role the Decalogue plays in America’s heritage. See,e.g.,McGowanv.Maryland,366 U. S. 420, 442, 462. While the Commandments are religious, they have an ...