Tag Archives: Religious

[Eugene Volokh] Connecticut AG Opinion on Repealing Religious Exemption from Vaccination Rules

From Conn. AG Op. No. 2019-01, issued May 6 and just uploaded onto Westlaw: Dear Majority Leader Ritter: I am writing in response to your request for a formal legal opinion from the Office of the Attorney General (the "Office") … Continue reading

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Crawford & Waldman on Tax-Free Housing and Religious Employers

Bridget J. Crawford (Pace University School of Law) & Emily Gold Waldman (Pace University – School of Law) have posted Ministerial Magic: Tax-Free Housing and Religious Employers (University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law Online, Forthcoming) on SSRN.  Here is the abstract: … Continue reading

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New Ruling For Religious Employers Limits "Ministerial Exception" to Wage and Hour Claims

The California Court of Appeal recently waded into the First Amendment guaranty of separation of church and state in Su v. Stephen S. Wise Temple, decided March 8, 2019. The case arose when the California Labor Commissioner sued the Reform … Continue reading

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LSU law student recapturing lost religious works

Reading piles of law school assigned texts dating back to colonial times and before isn’t daunting for third-year law student Bill Milburn—in fact, it isn’t enough. Milburn has recently set his mind to publishing them, as well. To do so, … Continue reading

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Failure To Provide Employee Religious Accommodation Upheld

In Dockery v. Maryville Academy, (ND IL, March 29, 2019), an Illinois federal district court dismissed an employee's Title VII failure to accommodate and religious discrimination claims. Plaintiff, a youth care worker at a child welfare agency, wanted Fridays and … Continue reading

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