“The defendant Rolando José Álvarez Lagos is held to be a traitor to the country.”...
It's never really over in the culture war, is it? Perhaps on a second trip to the U.S. Supreme Court we will finally get a ruling on the merits of whether anti-discrimination laws can be used to compel speech with which the speaker disagrees on...
The motion is the latest step on YU's path back to the United States Supreme Court....
Rejects Yeshiva's claim to be an exempt "religious corporation" and rejects Yeshiva's 1st Amendment claim: "Providing the Pride Alliance with full and equal access to public accommodations does not intrude on Yeshiva’s asserted right “to decide matters ‘of faith and doctrine.’"...
A follow up to our prior coverage of the three Christian teachers fired after the district refused even to consider their requests for religious exemption. Court imposed a $500 fine for an open meetings violation and more significantly, the teacher's attorney's fees that could be...
The Supreme Court indicated it likely would take the case once state appeals were exhausted, and likely would rule in favor of the university....
“the university will hold off on all undergraduate club activities while it immediately takes steps to follow the roadmap provided by the US Supreme Court to protect YU’s religious freedom.”...
Majority: "The application is denied because it appears that applicants have at least two further avenues for expedited or interim state court relief." Alito Dissent: "As the [Pride] Alliance has contended, this would force Yeshiva to make a 'statement' in support of an interpretation of...
A New York Times article attacking boys’ Hasidic schools was published today, on the eve of the New York State Board of Regents vote on regulations poised to undermine the way Jewish religious schools have operated for generations. The timing of The Times' attack appears...
"Yeshiva shouldn’t have been forced to go all the way to the Supreme Court to receive such a commonsense ruling in favor of its First Amendment rights." Eric Baxter, Vice President and Senior Counsel at Becket, said, "We are grateful that Justice Sotomayor stepped in to protect Yeshiva’s...
"previously a lawyer with the ACLU of Massachusetts"...
Religious freedom for the win....
A proposed set of regulations that require private schools to be “substantially equivalent” to public schools threaten to wreak havoc with Orthodox Jewish yeshivas in New York. Religious education leaders and parents are starting to fight back....
Gorsuch for the 6-3 Majority: "Joseph Kennedy lost his job as a high school football coach because he knelt at midfield after games to offer a quiet prayer of thanks...
Ruling: The state does not have to fund private education, but once it decides to fund private education, it can't discriminate against religious private schools. Let the hysterical overreactions begin!...
The Times of Israel: "Overnight Sunday, around 100 Palestinians broke into the site, rioted and smashed objects inside, and set it ablaze." ...
Gorsuch dissent: "Those who cite medical reasons are exempt. But no comparable exemption exists for individuals whose sincere religious beliefs prevent them from taking one of the currently available vaccines. It seems New York is one of just three States to have a scheme like...
"The University of Nebraska-Lincoln should have no problem supporting speakers from a wide variety of viewpoints on campus, including Christian speakers."...
