The ban on government grants for theology students. The abundance of church and state issues brought before the Supreme Court in recent years underscores an incontrovertible truth in the American legal system:
the parents appealed to the Supreme Court to put the issue in front of the justices now. The parents told the justices in their petition that there’s division in the lower courts over the issue, which is generally a reason for the high court to step in and settle...
“Here, Boston concedes that it denied Shurtleff ’s request solely because the Christian flag he asked to raise ‘promoted a specific religion,’ Breyer wrote. “Under our precedents, and in view of our government-speech holding here, that refusal discriminated based on religious viewpoint and ...
” The questions presented are: (1) Whether a state violates the First Amendment’s Religion Clauses by denying a religious organization an otherwise-available tax exemption because the organization does not meet the state’s criteria for religious behavior; and (2) whether in addressing federal ...
It is important for all those who have been traditionally restricted and oppressed to realize that we are now able to practice our Native American Religion and expressions of our beliefs in the open. We do not practice in any shadows or on the “down low”. Our rights to exist, to ...
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The Supreme Court has opened its doors for another term and has on its docket an important case...Gaffney, Jr., Edward McGlynn
and enable flexible federal administrative solutions to problems like climate change. Conservatives read the same document to require governmental colorblindness, protect traditional religion, and limit administrative power. Both sides have dreamed, in effect, of achieving central policy goals through constit...
and enable flexible federal administrative solutions to problems like climate change. Conservatives read the same document to require governmental colorblindness, protect traditional religion, and limit administrative power. Both sides have dreamed, in effect, of achieving central policy goals through constit...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is sending a message to states that want to continue to carry out the death penalty: Inmates must be allowed to have a spiritual adviser by their side as they are executed.