Justices Will Hear Cases About L.A. Catholic Schools

Should anti-discrimination laws require a religious school to employ teachers that it believes are compromising its religious mission? That’s the central question in two upcoming Supreme Court cases, Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru and St. James School v. Biel.Both cases will hinge o...

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Published inEducation next Vol. 20; no. 3
Main Author Dunn, Joshua
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Education Next Institute 01.07.2020
Subjects
Affirmative action
Americans with Disabilities Act 1990-US
Catholic schools
Catholics
Clergy
Employment Opportunities
Federal court decisions
Government (Administrative Body)
Grade 5
Language Arts
Protestants
Religion
Religious doctrines
Religious Schools
Schools
Social Studies
State court decisions
Teachers
Los Angeles California
United States > US
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Summary:Should anti-discrimination laws require a religious school to employ teachers that it believes are compromising its religious mission? That’s the central question in two upcoming Supreme Court cases, Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru and St. James School v. Biel.Both cases will hinge on how the court interprets the “ministerial exception” it first applied in 2012’s Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In that case, the court unanimously held that religious organizations have the freedom to “select their own ministers” under the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause and that the government is “forbidden from appointing ministers” under the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause.
ISSN:1539-9664
1539-9672