Archive for ‘Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause’

Supreme Court lets ruling for Episcopal Church stand More »

Supreme Court To Look At Inmate’s Right To Grow Beard. More »

Public University Professors Don’t Have the Right to Evangelize, Judge Rules – Law Blog – WSJ. More »

NC High School Football Coach Ordered To Cease Baptisms, Leading Prayers « CBS Charlotte. More »

Oregon Rules Bakery Violated Gay Couple’s Civil Rights By Denying Them A Cake For Same-Sex Wedding « CBS Seattle. More »

Not sure how this affects Autocam, a Michigan company owned by Catholics, who have appealed a lower court ruling to the Supreme Court. As we said in class last semester, if the Hobby Lobby case goes against that company, I think it settles the cases involving Catholic objection to abortion coverage. More »

Comm Law student Madeline Orr passes along this by Stephen Colbert related to the Supreme Court’s acceptance of a religious freedom case. He focuses on the question of corporate First Amendment rights, but you’ll note it references birth control in the broad sense rather than the narrower question of abortion pill coverage in the case that was accepted. More »

Supreme Court to review contraceptive coverage mandate in health-care law – The Washington Post. More »

We’ll talk about religious freedom provisions later in the semester. More »

NYC Council Passes Right to Worship Resolution to Give Churches Access to Schools. More »