Plaintiff had argued that defendants' publicizing the religious court's statement "serves as a form of social pressure, calling on the community to shun or ostracize the individual until they comply with the court's demands."
The court concludes that the government may institute such an exemption, though doesn't decide whether it must do so.
Overzealous school administrators should think about students' privacy rights.
Nativity scene was allegedly excluded (ostensibly on COVID grounds) while a menorah lighting was allowed.
[UPDATE 8/23/24: UCLA has just dropped the appeal.]
If participants in unauthorized encampments exclude Jewish or pro-Israel students from walking in parts of campus, UCLA would then have to close those parts to everyone.
the state had allowed other organizations to get grants despite their discriminating based on race and sex—so suggests the Ninth Circuit in a recent decision granting an injunction pending appeal.
Notre Dame law Prof. Patrick Reidy argues that religious organizations are entitled to faith-based exemptions from zoning restrictions preventing them from building affordable housing on their land.
There is a growing movement to let churches and other religious organizations build housing on their property that would otherwise be banned by zoning regulations.
So says a federal appellate court, applying federal employment law, which requires employers to exempt religious objectors even from generally applicable job rules, unless exemption would impose an "undue hardship" on the employer.
The Institute for Justice has launched a project to reform land use regulation.
The charter school movement has seen many recent Supreme Court victories widening their scope to faith-based education, but some ambiguities remain.
State Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Parker cited the Bible to explain why.
The court is silent on whether it would be OK to take him to Houston in July.
a new article of mine, is now available at the Journal of Law & Religion.
"During the custody battle [in Saudi Arabia], Ghassan AlHaidari accused Bethany of gender mixing, adultery, and insulting Islam and Saudi Arabia. Gender mixing, a punishable crime, entails having a male friend. To prove the charge of adultery, Ghassan submitted a photograph of Bethany with a male, who Ghassan claimed to be her boyfriend. The crimes of adultery, insulting Islam, and insulting Saudi Arabia carry a death penalty in Saudi Arabia."
because she was angry about the Israel-Hamas war, Indianapolis police said."
Amicus brief in Supreme Court's Second Amendment Rahimi case
A cabinet minister who once defended the right to blaspheme now wants a crackdown.
A federal court rejects challengers' Free Exercise Clause and parental rights claims.
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