Senior Counsel Kim Colby addresses congressional staffers

 At a legislative briefing organized by the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance, Kim Colby summarized the implications of the Supreme Court's decision in CLS v. Martinez. The staffers in attendance received a CLS v. Martinez fact sheet as well as excerpts from Justice Alito's dissent. (For other information on the case, including analysis and media links, click here.) Kim also discussed some legislative attacks on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA fact sheet).

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Supreme Court issues narrow ruling in CLS v. Martinez

  On June 28, 2010, the United States Supreme Court announced its decision in CLS v. Martinez. The Court affirmed the 9th Circuit and remanded. For our analysis of the case, links to the opinion, news, and scholarly commentary, click here.

Suit brought funding, choice of leadership to Boise State student groups

Because of a lawsuit filed by attorneys with Christian Legal Society’s Center for Law & Religious Freedom and the Alliance Defense Fund, Boise State University has revamped a critical policy affecting religious student groups.

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CLS chapter at UC Hastings appeals to the Supreme Court

On May 5, 2009, the CLS chapter at UC Hastings filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court, appealing the Ninth Circuit's decision ruling against CLS. The CLS chapter at UC Hastings challenges the law school's application of its nondiscrimination rules to forbid the group from limiting its officers and voting members to persons who agreed with CLS requirements of belief and conduct.

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Victory for California Lutheran high school

On January 26, 2009, the California Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s ruling that California Lutheran High School is a private religious school, therefore, California Lutheran is not a business establishment and not subject to regulation under the Unruh Act. Plaintiffs sued California Lutheran for violating state nondiscrimination law because it expelled students who engaged in same-sex sexual conduct.

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Center and ADF move to intervene on behalf of medical associations in challenge of conscience rule

The Christian Legal Society’s Center for Law & Religious Freedom and the Alliance Defense Fund swiftly moved to intervene on January 22, 2009 to defend a federal regulation protecting the healthcare conscience rights of doctors from a lawsuit brought by several states, Planned Parenthood, and the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA). The Center and ADF represent a group of professional medical associations including the Catholic Medical Association, the Christian Medical Association, and the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists.

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