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But that unresolved question hardly matters, because even if we assume that discrimination against that employee would otherwiseconstitute a preference for employees “of a particular religion,” Rose Saxe is correct that the coreligionist exemption would not offer any support to the employer in such a case: The case law firmly establishes that employers cannot invoke that exemption to engage in a form of discrimination that is otherwise proscribed by Title VII or… [read post]

Balkinization - http://balkin.blogspot.com/

California Man Pleads Guilty In Investment Schemes That Defrauded Physicians And Dentists Out Of More Than $2 Million

25 Jul 2014, 8:18 am by Green and Associates

Rose pleaded guilty before United States District Judge James V. [read post]

California Attorneys Representing Licensed, Regulated And Other Professionals - http://greenandassociates.blogspot.com/

Too Much Safety

22 Jul 2014, 10:40 am by Bill Otis

One of the most memorable examples was his asking, in the lead dissent in McCleskey v. [read post]

Crime and Consequences - http://www.crimeandconsequences.com/crimblog/

Obamacare Game Changer: Halbig Win Today Puts Health Care Act At Risk

22 Jul 2014, 9:16 am by Kelly Phillips Erb

The suit, Halbig et al v. [read post]

taxgirl - http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/

PA COURTS WILL ENFORCE OUT-OF-STATE RESTRAINING ORDERS

21 Jul 2014, 7:23 am by Aaron Weems

Smithers v. [read post]

Pennsylvania Family Law - http://pafamilylaw.foxrothschild.com/

Illinois Supreme Court Debates Automatic Revocation of Certain Health Professionals' Licenses

7 Jul 2014, 8:33 am by Kirk Jenkins

Justice Burke argued that the Court had said in Rios v. [read post]

The Appellate Strategist - http://www.appellatestrategist.com

White v West Publishing and Reed Elsevier-- Judge Rakoff Fair Use Rationale Explained:Briefs are like Facts, Databases Transform, There is no market for Legal Briefs

6 Jul 2014, 9:25 pm

Citing Campbell v Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. 501 US 569, 578 (1984) the court found the Lexis and Westlaw’s use of White's briefs was transformative. [read post]

Dewey B Strategic - http://deweybstrategic.blogspot.com/

Hobby Lobby Symposium: Your God is bigger than my God

30 Jun 2014, 2:46 pm by Ayesha Khan

Khan is Legal Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

Of Characterization and Common Sense: Court Holds That Erroneous Interpretation of Allegations of Complaint Doom Counterclaim to Bottom of Chicken Coop

30 Jun 2014, 11:08 am by Don T. Hibner, Jr.

Twombly, and Ashcroft v. [read post]

Antitrust Law Blog - http://www.antitrustlawblog.com/

The Most Conservative Principle in American Politics

25 Jun 2014, 7:53 am by By Deborah J. Vagins, ACLU Washington Legislative Office

Today is the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's devastating decision in Shelby County v. [read post]