Finding free exercise violations more readily than did its predecessors, the Roberts Court elides the belief/practice distinction dating back to Reynolds.9Requiring closely-held for-profit corporations to provide no-cost contraceptives to female employees under the Affordable Care Act places a high burden on the owners’ free exercise, in violation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.[9]The City of Philadelphia violates the free exercise clause by denying Catholic Social Services… [read post]

For publication opinions 1/22/08 (6): In City of Charlestown Advisory Planning Commission v. [read post]

Harsh Spotlight on Trump Donors Raises Disclosure Questions Danbury News Times – Michelle Ye Hee Lee (Washington Post) | Published: 9/10/2019 Critics of President Trump are taking aim at his campaign donors, who have become the subject of social media attacks from liberals when their identities become public. [read post]

National/Federal A Conspiracy of Hunches: Roger Stone trial set to start this week San Francisco Chronicle – Devlin Barrett, Spencer Hsu, and Manuel Roig-Franzia (Washington Post) | Published: 11/4/2019 Roger Stone is on trial in federal court, where prosecutors plan to dive back into an episode of political chicanery, alleged lies, and conspiratorial texts that parallels the nascent impeachment inquiry into his longtime friend President Trump. [read post]