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Christian school renews effort to expand religious freedom over employment

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Although the ministerial exception might ultimately shield Faith Christian from liability, the court ruled, it does not protect the school against having to litigate Tucker’s lawsuit at all. Whether Tucker served as a minister is a difficult question for a jury to answer, the 10th Circuit explained. Murco Wall Products, Inc.

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Mandatory minimums, payday lending, and voting rights in first session of Supreme Court term

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But the lower courts ruled, and the federal government contends, that the “safety value” is only available to defendants who do not have any of the indicators. Raiders Retreat counters that in 1955, the Supreme Court made clear that state law applies to maritime insurance disputes unless there is an established federal admiralty rule.

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How Do Lawyers Plan for Retirement?

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The article also states, “It is critically important to understand the labyrinth of potentially applicable ethics rules that intertwine with certain court rules on retirement.”. For reference, the South Carolina Bar Association provides an example of a letter to a client informing them of an attorney’s retirement. .

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Abortion providers ask South Carolina top court to reconsider its upholding of 6 week ban

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Planned Parenthood South Atlantic joined two physicians and Greenville Women’s Clinic to file a petition Thursday asking the Supreme Court of South Carolina to reconsider its decision to uphold a strict state law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.

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Government contractors’ defenses, election challenges, and intellectual disability in capital cases

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The Supreme Court is making good progress in sorting through the current relists. United States , involving the scope of a statute that gives judges discretion to reduce criminal sentences for extraordinary and compelling reasons. This week it disposed of four. It was good news for the petitioner in Fernandez v.

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Draft Amicus Brief in Chiles v. Salazar, the Professional Speech / Minor Conversion Therapy Case

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If the "'only "conduct" which the State [seeks] to punish'" is "'the fact of communication,'" the statute regulates speech, not conduct. Likewise, many courts considering bans on harassment or stalking have recognized the same principle. Governor of N.J. , 3d 216, 228 (3d Cir. City of Boca Raton , 981 F.3d 3d 854, 866 (11th Cir.

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Supreme Court adds four cases to next term’s docket 

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The lower courts dismissed their case, concluding that the plaintiffs lacked a legal right to sue, known as standing. Bost and the electors then came to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to take up their appeal. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit upheld that decision.

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