The religious hiring freedom: (more than) 50 years old!

The religious hiring freedom: (more than) 50 years old!

The fiftieth anniversary of the signing by President Lyndon B. Johnson of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, our nation’s premier civil rights law, is being…

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Obama administration acknowledges religious hiring

As a candidate for president, in July, 2008, Barack Obama announced that, while he would continue the faith-based initiative started by President Bush, he would…

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Settlement in Lown v. Salvation Army

Settlement in Lown v. Salvation Army

At long last, the case of the employees who sued the New York City Salvation Army, alleging religious job discrimination, is over. On March 18,…

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Mississippi RFRA update

Mississippi RFRA update

On April 3, 2014, Governor Phil Bryant signed into law the Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), just a month or so after a social-media…

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Elane Photography: no redress from SCOTUS

On April 7, 2014, the US Supreme Court decided not to take up the case of Elane Photography, the small photography business that ran afoul…

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