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4 Jan 2023, 5:30 am by Christine Bell
He addresses conundrums such as whether to address the constitutional framework in peace negotiations or after; the best timing of the period of constitutional reform; whether to establish a permanent or interim constitution; whether to reform through amendment or replacement; whether, when, and how to hold a referendum; and whether it is better to rely on international standards for human rights or instead to draft them more contextually, especially when it comes to religious and… [read post]
Academic freedom, which the court relied on in Grutter, is “not a specifically enumerated constitutional right. [read post]
30 Nov 2021, 2:24 pm by Ellena Erskine
Conference of Catholic Bishops and other religious organizations argue that “there is no constitutional basis for the viability rule,” and the Center for Religious Expression argues that viability is a poor gauge of the state’s interest in protecting fetal life. [read post]
30 Dec 2019, 8:03 pm
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), 42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq., prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin in programs and activities receiving Federal financial assistance. [read post]
12 Dec 2019, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
These settlers included Huguenots, Puritans, Catholics, and Calvinists. [read post]
6 Sep 2019, 9:21 am by Eugene Volokh
Bonadona is attempting to circumvent the 1964 Civil Rights Act's religious employer exemption by characterizing his "Jewish heritage" as racial…. [read post]
6 Sep 2019, 5:08 am by Marty Lederman
  Shortly after it became known he was participating in a gay recreational softball league, the County discharged Bostock. [read post]
3 Apr 2019, 7:04 am by John Elwood
Zarda, 17-1623 Issue: Whether the prohibition in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. [read post]
5 Nov 2018, 9:38 pm by Anthony Gaughan
Basil’s Catholic Church in Toronto in 1916. [read post]
6 Mar 2018, 9:53 am by Eugene Volokh
Sports leagues have refused to compete in a state that passed a Religious Freedom Restoration Act. [read post]
28 Jan 2018, 7:00 am by C. Christine Fair
In contrast, West Pakistan was ethnically diverse but had less religious diversity. [read post]
16 May 2017, 7:15 am by Jane Chong
See, e.g., Catholic League for Religious & Civil Rights v. [read post]
23 Mar 2017, 4:00 am by Administrator
In 1933, Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin made a presentation to the Legal Council of the League of Nations conference on international criminal law, for which he prepared an essay on the Crime of Barbarity, positioned as a crime against international law. [read post]
10 Dec 2014, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton
Along with the Catholic bishops, evangelical Christians have led the battle against same-sex marriage, and against other rights of LGBT individuals. [read post]
5 Aug 2014, 6:51 pm
The panellists were a member of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and member of the Parliament of Turkey, Safak Pavey; the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue; Deeyah Khan, a producer of films, music and art; and human rights defender and Honorary President of the Tunisian League for Human Rights, Mokhtar Trifi. 5. [read post]
20 Dec 2013, 1:56 pm by Howard Friedman
In a press release reacting to the decision, the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada(one of the Interveners in the case) said:In light of today’s decision, we urge the federal government to enact new laws to protect vulnerable women, children and men from victimization and being trafficked.The Catholic Civil Rights League and Christian Legal Fellowship (the other religious interveners) also issued press releases reacting to the decision. [read post]
7 Aug 2013, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton
Who Is Listening to Catholic Bishops on the Issue of Child Sex Abuse, and What Religious Values Fuel Their Opposition to Victims’ Access to Justice? [read post]
15 May 2013, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton
  First, the Roman Catholic Church was on center stage, but now it has had to make room for virtually every other religious organization, including the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Orthodox Jews, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. [read post]
1 May 2013, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton
  Now that many legislators are finally seeing that being in league with the religious groups on this issue is the same as choosing the pedophiles’ team, we have come to a place where, finally, real change is possible. [read post]
3 Apr 2013, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton
  That movement slowed down dramatically as child-protection groups, the National League of Cities, the attorneys general, mayors, and governors, and eventually civil rights groups like the ACLU, all argued against the mini-RFRAs. [read post]