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SHOCKING: Hardison - You Need To See This

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Two climate activists in their early 20s were sentenced to prison by a London court for throwing soup over Vincent Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” painting during a protest against fossil fuels. Phoebe Plummer, 23, and Anna Holland, 22, from the protest group Just Stop Oil were imprisoned for two years, and…

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On Groff v. DeJoy and 303 Creative v. Elenis

Not blockbusters, maybe, but important cases nonetheless

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S. Ct. Unanimously Broadens (Somewhat) Employees' Rights to Religious Exemptions from Neutral Work Rules

The decision, which interprets Title VII's reasonable accommodation provision (enacted in 1972), applies to private employees as well as government employees.

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Supreme Court Weighs Whether Postal Service Can Force Christian Employee To Work on Sundays

Plus: Dominion defamation suit against Fox News starts today, Republicans' debt plan, and more...

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Supreme Court hears mail carrier's religious tolerance case

The Supreme Court is being asked to decide under what circumstances businesses must accommodate the needs of religious employees

The Independent UK

Supreme Court to deliver answer in religious mailman's case

The Supreme Court this week is hearing the case of a religious mail carrier who refused to deliver Amazon packages on Sundays

The Independent UK

Supreme Court to hear arguments on workplace religious protections - Roll Call

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case that could expand religious protections for workers under a law changed in 1972.

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Against a Broad Reading of Title VII's Religious Accommodation Provision

A very interesting item by Adam Unikowsky, defending the Court's relatively narrow reading in TWA v. Hardison (1977) of the Title VII duty to grant religious exemptions from generally applicable work rules. The Court is now considering reversing that decision in Groff v. DeJoy; James Phillips guest-blogged here last month…

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The Overlooked Meaning of "Undue Hardship" in Title VII

This is the second of two posts explaining my recent article, Ordinary Meaning as Last Resort: The Meaning of "Undue Hardship" in Title VII. In the first post I attempted to show that a comprehensive look at the Court's statutory interpretation cases show that the presumption of ordinary meaning is…

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Government Institution Being Questioned In Respect To Religious Freedom From The Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will hear the case of Groff v. DeJoy In Violation nf The First Amendment in Freedom Of Religion.

Zenger

How far must employers go to accommodate workers' time off for worship? The Supreme Court will weigh in

Imagine you own a business with a few dozen employees. One, who is Muslim, asks if she can use a meeting room a few times a day for brief prayers – one of the five pillars of Islam. Another, who observes the Jewish Sabbath, says he cannot work on Saturdays.…

The Conversation

SCOTUS Will Decide Whether Federal Law Shields a Religious Postal Employee Who Refuses To Work on Sundays

The Supreme Court considers the scope of federally required religious accommodations at work.

Reason

U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Case On Sabbath Observance

The appellant, a postal worker, says he was forced from his job because he refused to work on Sundays for religious reasons.

Zenger

SCOTUS Grants Cert To Reconsider TWA v. Hardison

May the "de minimis" test go the way of Trans World Airlines.

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