“U.S. Supreme Court wedding cake case could affect St. Cloud couple’s suit against Minnesota: Both sides in Minnesota will be watching Tuesday when the justices in Washington hear arguments in a parallel case from Colorado.” The (Minneapolis) StarTribune reports here.
“Senate Version of Tax Bill Does Not Include Johnson Amendment Repeal”
“Senate Version of Tax Bill Does Not Include Johnson Amendment Repeal” Religion Clause reports here.
“Helping Boards Set Pastoral Compensation What church leaders should know about paying pastors.”
“Helping Boards Set Pastoral Compensation: What church leaders should know about paying pastors.” ChurchLaw&Tax has this article.
“Lexington church members take pastor, wife to court over spending, salaries”
“Lexington church members take pastor, wife to court over spending, salaries,” The Lexington Herald-Leader reports here.
“DC Archdiocese Sues Over Rejection of Christmas Season Bus Ads”
“DC Archdiocese Sues Over Rejection of Christmas Season Bus Ads” Religion Clause reports here on Archdiocese of Washington v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, (D. D.C., filed Nov. 28, 2017).
“The Christian Legal Army Behind ‘Masterpiece Cakeshop’ A special investigation into the rise of Alliance Defending Freedom.”
“The Christian Legal Army Behind ‘Masterpiece Cakeshop’ A special investigation into the rise of Alliance Defending Freedom.” Sarah Posner has this report in The Nation.
“First Amendment suit challenging Charter School Act proceeds”
“First Amendment suit challenging Charter School Act proceeds” The Indiana Lawyer reports here on a decision denying in part a motion to dismiss in Indiana Coalition for Public Education – Monroe County and South Central Indiana, Inc. v. Jennifer McCormick, James Betley, 1:17-cv-01295 (S.D. Ind. Nov. 29, 2017). Religion Clause reports here.
1747 Law in Luther’s Day
[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5989964/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/c30000/” height=”90″ width=”100%” placement=”top” theme=”custom”]Before Martin Luther became a monk, he was a rather successful student whose father encouraged his path into the study of law. Informed in part by his brief stint in law school and other encounters with lawyers in his day, he developed a distaste and distrust for the profession as a whole. Derek Nelson, coauthor of Resilient Reformer: The Life and Thought of Martin Luther, helps explain what a lawyer did in sixteenth-century Germany, what studying the law would have been like, and what Luther thought about the law. Continue reading “1747 Law in Luther’s Day”
“Court Refuses To Dismiss Constitutional Challenges To City’s Civil Rights Law”
“Court Refuses To Dismiss Constitutional Challenges To City’s Civil Rights Law” Religion Clause reports here on Country Mill Farms v. City of East Lansing, (WD MI, Nov. 16, 2017).