Supreme Court Declines to Hear Three Cases on Religion in SchoolsTed Olsen
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observant Rabbis in matters of public policy, today welcomed two decisions from the Supreme Court of the United States, in Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania and Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru, which favored the rights of religious institutions to act in accordance with...
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Sen. Mike Lee, a former clerk to Justice Samuel Alito, had spent much of his time talking in today’s hearing about how a judge should not stray into policy decisions, but instead, limit herself or himself to issues such as the dormant commerce clause. Lee spoke at the hearing in-pers...
After the court agreed to hear the case, Stitt said it "stands to be one of the most significant religious and education freedom decisions in our lifetime." "We’ve seen ugly religious intolerance from opponents of the education freedom movement, but I look forward to seeing our religious li...
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1965 prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of religion unless an employer can show that "reasonably accommodating" the employee would create "undue hardship" on their business. The Supreme Court interpreted that standard 46 years ago in the ...
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and statutes violate an individual’s constitutional rights. Starting in the second half of the 20th century, the Court began to recognize certain constitutional rights as “fundamental,” including the freedoms of speech and religion, and personal decisions about marriage, contraception and procreation...
opening the door to future decisions that would further mandate the public funding of religious education. Prior to the ruling, states could fund religious education but were not obliged to do so. As Justice Breyer noted in his dissent, “What happens once “may” becomes “must”? Does that...