Religion and the Law
Arab-American Muslim Woman’s Discrimination Claim Can Go Forward Over Cancellation of Law Firm Job Offer for Statements Related to October 7 Actions
From Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman (N.D. Ill.) today in Chehade v. Foley & Lardner, LLP: n October 7, 2023, … shared this message on social media: "As you see Palestine in the news, keep two things in mind:…
Part 4—Avoiding Serious Constitutional Problems
In this fourth post on our recently published article, we explain how a textualist reading of Section 702 avoids serious constitutional questions under Title VII. Church Autonomy The First Amendment Religion Clauses guarantee…
Part 1—Civil Rights Law and the Tensions between Liberty and Equality
Last month, the BYU Law Review published our article entitled Religious Employment and the Tensions between Liberty and Equality. We appreciate this opportunity to offer a five-part series summarizing the article's key…
Guest-Blogging on “Religious Employment and the Tensions Between Liberty and Equality”
I'm delighted to report that R. Shawn Gunnarson, James Phillips, and Christopher Bates will be guest-blogging this coming week on this article that they just published in the BYU Law Review; here's the Abstract:…
Ninth Circuit Suspends Injunction Blocking California Policy Limiting Teachers’ Disclosure to Parents of Student’s Changed Gender Identity
A short excerpt from the Ninth Circuit's order yesterday in Mirabelli v. Bonta (Chief Judge Mary Murguia, joined by Judges Andrew Hurwitz and Salvador Mendoza): Plaintiff-Appellees are four parents and four Escondido…
Parental Custody Rights, Homeschooling, Religiosity, Views on “LGBTQ+ Community,” and More
Reed v. Reed, an appeal decided Wednesday by the Pennsylvania Superior Court (Judge Mary Jane Bowes, joined by Judges Mary Murray and Jill Beck), involved a paternal grandfather seeking shared legal custody and partial…
No Establishment Clause Violation in Display of Taoist “Bagua Mirror”
From Magistrate Judge Autumn Spaeth (C.D. Cal.) Nov. 26 in Ngo v. City of Westminster (appeal pending); Westminster is a majority-Asian suburb of L.A. (in Orange County): The following SAC allegations are substantively…
California Policy Limiting Teachers’ Disclosure to Parents of Student’s Changed Gender Identity Violates First Amendment, Court Holds
The introduction to today's long opinion by Judge Roger Benitez in Mirabelli v. Olson (S.D. Cal.):Historically, school teachers informed parents of physical injuries or questions about a student's health and…
Court Allows Mother’s Relocation with Son to Saudi Arabia Because Son and Both Parents Are Muslim
In Coffee County (Alabama) Circuit Court Judge Henry T. Reagan II's decision Nov. 19 in Wasmiah v. Raymond, a divorcing "husband request a court order preventing the wife from relocating the minor child to Saudi…
Court Allows Mother’s Relocation with Son to Saudi Arabia, Partly Because Son and Both Parents Are Muslim
In Coffee County (Alabama) Circuit Court Judge Henry T. Reagan II's decision Nov. 19 in Wasmiah v. Raymond, a divorcing "husband request a court order preventing the wife from relocating the minor child to Saudi…
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