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Religious Expression
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RLUIPA Defense Blog
Scottsdale, Arizona Bars Satanic Temple Prayer
By Evan Seeman, Guest Contributor
The Satanic Temple has had a busy year in Arizona. Earlier this year, we reported that the Phoenix City Council abolished its 65-year practice of beginning council meetings with prayer…
RLUIPA Defense Blog
Ninth Circuit Rules in Favor of Soup Kitchen in Dispute with San Buenaventura, CA
By Evan Seeman, Dwight Merriam, Guest Contributor
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reversed a district court’s decision that Harbor Missionary Church’s (Church) religious exercise was not substantially burdened by the City of…
The Right Coast
Pope faces Mexicans worshipping skeletal ‘Death Saint’ – Yahoo News
When Pope Francis arrives in Mexico for a five-day visit on Friday, he will find a country where devotion to Santa Muerte is growing fast despite the Vatican's rejection of…
The Right Coast
Why Do These Non-Jews Keep Orthodox Jewish Laws? Tablet Magazine
A man with a brambly salt-and-pepper beard, a kippah on his head, and circular glasses balanced on his nose stood behind a podium, lecturing on the parasha, the weekly Torah…
RLUIPA Defense Blog
Supreme Judicial Court Holds That Sweat Lodge Prison Closure Violates RLUIPA
This is a guest post contributed by Joseph N. Schneiderman.* On November 23, in Trapp v. Roden, 473 Mass. 210 (2015), the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled that the Massachusetts…
RLUIPA Defense Blog
Life is Beautiful! Stevie Wonder Concert Not a Burden on Religious Exercise
By Evan Seeman, Karla Chaffee, John Peloso
A federal court in Nevada recently dismissed a church’s claim that a music festival in “Sin City” Las Vegas featuring the likes of Stevie Wonder, Duran Duran, and Twenty One…
RLUIPA Defense Blog
RLUIPA Round Up – Independence Day Special Edition!
By Karla Chaffee, Evan Seeman, John Peloso, Dwight Merriam
[caption id="attachment_1982" align="aligncenter" width="624"] Original Photography by dpblrds (license)[/caption] Independence Day—no better time to reflect on the numerous (enumerated and unenumerated) rights protected by our United States Constitution. Thanks to…
Employment & Labor
Supreme Court Issues its Decision in EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores Answering the Question: When Does an Employer Have to Accommodate an Applicant’s Religious Practices?
By Beth V. West
Abercrombie & Fitch (AF) refused to hire Samantha Elauf, a practicing Muslim, on the basis that the headscarf she wore during her interview conflicted with AF’s “Look Policy” which prohibits…
EvidenceProf Blog
On March 3, 1999, Coach Sye Said That Track Practice Started at 3:30 P.M. at Woodlawn
By Colin Miller
I could immediately relate to Adnan Syed when I learned he told his attorney that he recalled attending track practice on January 13, 1999 because he informed his coach on that…
Texas Employment Lawyer
An employee may provide evidence to rebut an employer’s undue hardship defense or its evidence of a neutral policy.
“[T]he district court compared [Plaintiff] to similarly situated employees within the same protected class—i.e., those with religious observances. But, the proper comparators are ‘similarly situated employees outside the protected class.’” …