Supreme Court Ruling Grants Religious Groups Broad Right To Discriminate

• “Blatant discrimination is a social evil we have worked hard to eradicate in the United States,” said the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United. “I’m afraid the court’s ruling today will make it harder to combat.”
• Church-State Watchdog Says ‘Ministerial Exception’ Has Been Taken Too Far
• Does Clarence Thomas Care About Prosecutors Behaving Badly?

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Americans United for Separation of Church and State today expressed disappointment over a Supreme Court decision that affirms the right of religious groups to ignore anti-discrimination laws in some cases.

The high court today handed down a ruling in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The case dealt with a Michigan religious school that fired a teacher because of a medical condition.

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Does Clarence Thomas Care About Prosecutors Behaving Badly? Adam Serwer, Mother Jones

• The more prosecutors feel like they can get away with railroading defendants, the more they're likely to do it, and the more likely an innocent person is to be punished. The possibility isn't an abstract one.
• The prosecutors' behavior in the Smith case was so egregious that even Thomas' conservative colleagues were unwilling to join him this time around in upholding the original verdict.
• Clarence Thomas is not above the law