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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sidestepped a chance to further expand religious rights, turning away two cases in which employees accused companies of violating federal anti-discrimination law by insufficiently accommodating requests for time off to meet religious obligations. FILE PHOTO: The Supreme Court is seen in Washington,…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sidestepped a chance to further expand religious rights, turning away two cases in which employees accused companies of violating federal anti-discrimination law by insufficiently accommodating requests for time off to meet religious obligations. FILE PHOTO: The Supreme Court is seen in Washington,…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sidestepped a chance to further expand religious rights, turning away two cases in which employees accused companies of violating federal anti-discrimination law by insufficiently accommodating requests for time off to meet religious obligations. The justices declined to hear appeals by two men of different…
This past week I had the wonderful opportunity to interview Jim Oleske , a Professor of Law at Lewis & Clark. Professor Oleske is an expert on the First Amendment’s free exercise clause. A couple years ago, he wrote a prescient law view article that has made him something of…
Madhya Pradesh Government Notifies The Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 2020 The Madhya Pradesh Government on Saturday (27th March) notified ‘The Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 2020’ which provides for a prison term of up to 10 years for anyone found guilty of using marriage to force someone…
Madhya Pradesh Government Notifies The Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 2020 The Madhya Pradesh Government on Saturday (27th March) notified ‘The Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 2020’ which provides for a prison term of up to 10 years for anyone found guilty of using marriage to force someone…
Crookston Times Growing racial tensions in the United States also bring to the surface another long-standing form of discrimination: anti-Catholicism. Unfortunately, today anti-Catholicism is showing its centuries-old racialized roots. In fact, bias, violence, and even laws against Catholicism date back to the British American colonies that eventually became the United…
Across the country, the Satanic Temple, an IRS-recognized atheist church with some 300,000 devotees, is waging a legal battle it says is for religious liberty, using tactics that have proved effective for Christian groups. The church, which preaches both empathy and the "freedom to offend," has filed at least seven…
This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, when religious groups are subject to state-law tort claims and whether a federal agency that enacted a new fishing regulation should have taken into account a pair of early 20th century agreements that preserved…
Across the country, the Satanic Temple, an IRS-recognized atheist church with some 300,000 devotees, is waging a legal battle it says is for religious liberty, using tactics that have proved effective for Christian groups. The church, which preaches both empathy and the "freedom to offend," has filed at least seven…
In this Nov. 2, 2020, file photo the Supreme Court is seen at sundown in Washington. President Joe Biden has two seats to fill on the influential appeals court in the nation’s capital that regularly feeds judges to the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) WASHINGTON (BP) – The…
The prohibition on worship has been overturned by Lord Braid in the Court of Session after a challenge was brought by a coalition of 28 faith leaders. Lord Braid said the regulations went further than the government was lawfully able to do, but this did not mean churches should “reopen…
THE word “essential” has been highlighted since the Philippines and the rest of the world have imposed lockdowns in their political and geographic jurisdictions. In relation to the quarantine, both strict and modified, the term essential describes those activities that are most needed for the country to survive and thrive.…
Nine months after the United States Supreme Court’s historic decision in Bostock , the Texas Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals had to decide whether the interpretation of Title VII’s language in protecting LGBTQ employees also applied to the state’s anti-discrimination statute, the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (TCHRA) in…
Across the country, the Satanic Temple, an IRS-recognized atheist church with some 300,000 devotees, is waging a legal battle it says is for religious liberty, using tactics that have proved effective for Christian groups. The church, which preaches both empathy and the "freedom to offend," has filed at least seven…
WASHINGTON — Decades ago, the Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment’s prohibition of “establishment” of religion was violated if the government supplied maps to religious schools, but not if it supplied books. So, Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., mischievously wondered: What about atlases, which are books of maps? Now…
WATCH: (March 1, 2021) A group of B.C. churches are challenging the B.C. Public Health Order prohibiting public gatherings, claiming those rules infringe on their Charter rights. Ted Chernecki reports – Mar 1, 2021 The B.C. Supreme Court has dismissed a legal challenge to the province’s restrictions on in-person religious…
Decades ago, the Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment’s prohibition of “establishment” of religion was violated if the government supplied maps to religious schools, but not if it supplied books. So, Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., mischievously wondered: What about atlases, which are books of maps? Now comes another…
Canadian Pastor James Coates with his family in this undated photo. A pastor in Canada who was arrested for refusing to adhere to COVID-19 worship restrictions will be released from jail after prosecutors dropped all but one of the charges against him. Pastor James Coates of GraceLife Church in Edmonton,…
Pastor James Coates of GraceLife Church near Edmonton. Photo by Screenshot Article content EDMONTON — An Alberta pastor, who has spent weeks in jail after holding church services in violation of public health rules, is expected to be released in the coming days, his lawyers say. James Coates is expected…
GEORGE WILL Decades ago, the Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment’s prohibition of “establishment” of religion was violated if the government supplied maps to religious schools, but not if it supplied books. So, Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.) mischievously wondered: What about atlases, which are books of maps? Now…
In Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski , 592 U.S. ___ (2021), the United States Supreme Court held that plaintiffs asserting constitutional rights have standing to sue for past injuries, even if they only seek nominal damages. The decision is significant for public entities, but especially public schools, colleges and universities. In Uzuegbunam…
U.S. Supreme Court building. (Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM) Sometimes a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court seems so unusual that it cries out for some reasonable explanation as to why the court took the case in the first place, what constitutional principle is at stake that the court sought to vindicate,…
[co-author: Gabriella Manduca] On March 2, 2021, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed into law the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA), making Virginia the second state after California to enact comprehensive privacy legislation. The CDPA will become effective on January 1, 2023, the same day the California Privacy Rights Act…
COMMENTARY: The court’s 8-1 decision in Chike Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski is a victory for religious freedom. United States Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. (photo: Brandon Bordages / Shutterstock) The Supreme Court on Monday decided Chike Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski . It’s a huge victory for religious freedom and strikes a…