Religion & Law

Code of Conduct US Judges: Proposed changes on discrimination and religion:

Posted on March 07, 2008
When a judge determines that an organization to which the judge belongs engages in invidious discrimination that would preclude membership under this Canon, the judge should resign immediately from the organization.

Phoenix: Triple shooting outside strip club

Posted on March 07, 2008
"Police are investigating a triple shooting that took place outside the Diamond Jack strip club at 39th Street and University, according to reports . . . a fight that began inside the club spilled outside . . . "

Ohio library: no ?elements of a religious service? allowed

Posted on March 07, 2008
Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Citizens for Community Values Friday after an Ohio library denied the community organization use of a public meeting room.

"When Should a Judge Face Discipline for What an Opinion Says?"

Posted on March 07, 2008
On the How Appealing blog, Howard Bashman reports on a Florida judge who is being disciplined for suggesting in a concurring opinion that one of the other judges on a panel should have recused himself due to an appearance of impropriety. Share This

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SD: Churches Intimidated in Abortion Debate

Posted on March 07, 2008
But in a free society, whoever works the hardest, organizes the best, and convinces a majority of the voters to see things their way, wins.

What judges look for in clerks

Posted on March 07, 2008
The Hon. Paul Cassell has this post on the Volokh Conspiracy with some nuts & bolts advice for aspiring federal law clerks. He observes: "Judges are basically hiring law clerks to do one thing: write." Share This

Eugene Volokh: No Constitutional Right to Home-School

Posted on March 07, 2008
It's pretty well-settled that the parental rights cases -- such as Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925) -- don't secure a right to home-school . . .

Jews for Jesus sued for reporting of Christian conversion

Posted on March 07, 2008
The Rapp v. Jews for Jesus case involves a lawsuit over a newsletter report that a stepmother of Bruce Rapp, a Jews for Jesus missionary, had "repeated the sinner?s prayer."

Law Firms Opening Up to the Idea of Attorney Re-Entry

Posted on March 07, 2008
But 10 years later, with all of her children in good health, Solomon was ready to return. The problem was, she didn't know if the law firm world was ready to take her back.

Utah passes domestic partner bill, don?t tell anyone

Posted on March 07, 2008
". . . Salt Lake's domestic partner ordinance has received the OK from state lawmakers - as long is it isn't called a domestic partner registry . . . "

Dr. Dobson Outraged by California Ruling Banning Home Schooling

Posted on March 07, 2008
This is an all-out assault on the family, and it must be met with a concerted effort to defend parents and their children,? he said.

Liberty Legal Institute: Texas school district to continue Bible course

Posted on March 07, 2008
Liberty Legal reports: ECISD Will Continue Bible Courses: Courses Utilize Bible as Main Textbook Today, the Ector County Independent School District (ECISD) overcame an ACLU attack on its Bible courses with the adoption of Mediator Hesha Abrams? proposal providing that ECISD continue to offer Bible courses with a curriculum developed and monitored by ECISD that will [...

Lambda Legal: Another NY court approves Canadian same sex "marriages"

Posted on March 06, 2008
"A New York State Judge has upheld the New York Department of Civil Service's policy recognizing Canadian marriages of same-sex couples for purposes of spousal health insurance coverage for public employees . . . "

Catholic members of British cabinet weigh opposition to embryo legislation

Posted on March 06, 2008
"Catholic members of Britain's cabinet are liking to break with Prime Minister Gordon Brown and oppose legislation on embryo research, the London Daily Telegraph reports."

Florida: Man commits assault, wouldn?t keep hands of "adult entertainer"

Posted on March 06, 2008
"An employee at Sammy?s on Okaloosa Island was hit by a customer after escorting him out of the business."

Pro-marriage lawyers optimistic about CA supreme court arguments

Posted on March 06, 2008
"Our position is that ... this case boils down to ... the issue of whether democracy will be respected in California," explains Lavy . . .

Missouri: building won?t be a strip club, but . . .

Posted on March 06, 2008
"A plan for a strip club at the interchange between County Road 110 and Interstate 44 has apparently been nixed, and in its place is a proposal for a separate bar, serving alcohol, and an adult video store, in the same building."

Jordan Lorence discusses Cal. marriage arguments on Michael Reagan Show

Posted on March 06, 2008
This scheduled for 6:30 (EST) today.  Get more information on the Michael Reagan Show. Share This

Tennessee bill to ban teaching about homosexuality in schools killed

Posted on March 06, 2008
"House subcommittee voted Tuesday - for the second time and on a more formal basis - to kill state Rep. Stacey Campfield's bill to prohibit teaching about homosexuality in Tennessee schools."

Arizona House Approves Bill to Stop Nurses, Non-Doctors From Doing Abortions

Posted on March 06, 2008
"An Arizona House committee has approved legislation that would have the western state joining most others in the nation by banning nurses and other non-physicians from doing abortions."

Why the Fuss About Shari?a Law?

Posted on March 06, 2008
. . . should a society lend legitimacy to a legal system whose raison d?être is the destruction of that society?

Wisconsin considers bill to force pharmacists to supply abortifacients

Posted on March 06, 2008
A public hearing was scheduled for Wednesday to discuss Senate Bill 232, called the ?Birth Control Protection Act.?

ACLJ Memo Summary: Defunding Planned Parenthood, the Title X Family Planning Act?

Posted on March 06, 2008
"The Title X Family Planning Act (S.2206) proposed by Senator Vitter would prevent any group that performs elective abortions (i.e. those that are not necessary to save a woman?s life or to avoid serious illness) from receiving Title X funds."

Maryland School district won?t charge Child Evangelism Fellowship

Posted on March 06, 2008
"Public school officials in Prince George's County, Maryland, were poised to charge Child Evangelism Fellowship a fee to use after-hours meeting space in public school buildings." School officials reversed course after being contacted by CLS.

UK: Lord dismiss case and vote to abolish blasphemy

Posted on March 06, 2008
The House of Lords has refused to hear a petition of appeal brought by a Christian activist group trying to prosecute the BBC for blasphemy and voted to abolish the common law blasphemy offences last night.

Virginia Court of Appeals: Spammer?s conviction upheld

Posted on March 06, 2008
The Virginia Court of Appeals has affirmed the conviction of Jeremy Jaynes for violations of Code § 18.2-152.3:1 (Code), the unsolicited bulk electronic mail (e-mail) provision of the Virginia Computer Crimes Act."

Daily Law Review Watch - March 6th

Posted on March 06, 2008
Religious Freedom Endorsing Discrimination between Faiths: A Case of Extreme Speech? John M. Finnis, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09/2008 Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1101522 The question whether government and law can discriminate between different religious faiths (or their adherents as such) is given a resounding answer by a unanimous Grand Chamber (seventeen judges) of the European [...

WilmerHale to Represent Church in Tax Probe Sparked by Obama Speech

Posted on March 06, 2008
Washington's Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr has agreed to represent the United Church of Christ on a pro bono basis in an Internal Revenue Service investigation of the church's tax-exempt status.

Wisconsin D.A. Resists Premise Registration For Amish

Posted on March 06, 2008
"The District Attorney in Clark County, Wisconsin is questioning a request by the state's Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection that he force the county's Old Order Amish to register their farms under the state's Premises Registration Act...

Maryland: Not my showers: breaking biological barriers

Posted on March 06, 2008
The new Montgomery County law means men will have full access to a woman?s restroom and locker room.

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