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Limits On Krishna Lunch Program Upheld

In Krishna Lunch of Southern California, Inc. v. Gordon, (CD CA, Feb. 9, 2018), a California federal district court dismissed a challenge by a Krishna consciousness organization to a UCLA rule that limits it to holding four event per year on the campus.  The...

EEOC Obtains Settlement In Religious Discrimination Suit

In a press release last week, the EEOC announced that Decostar Industries, Inc., a Georgia-based auto supplier, has settled a religious discrimination lawsuit filed against it by the EEOC.  The company refused to accommodate an employee’s religious beliefs that...

White House Proposed Budget Promotes School Choice

The White House yesterday released its proposed Fiscal Year 2019 Budget (full text).  The Budget includes an increase in Department of Education funding for private (as well as public) school choice, described in part as follows:The Budget invests $1.1 billion in...

European Court Upholds Conviction For Inciting Hatred

In Smajić v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, (ECHR, Jan. 16, 2018), a 3-judge panel of the European Court of Human Rights rejected a claim by a a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina that his free expression rights were infringed when he was convicted of inciting national,...

Recent Articles of Interest

From SSRN:Joshua Cutler, The Religious Roots of the Progressive Income Tax in America,(January 22, 2018).Robert Kahn, Five Thoughts About the Repeal of Denmark’s Blasphemy Ban, (January 29, 2018).Julio C. Colón, Settlement of Islamic Finance Disputes in the...