Labor/Employment,
Constitutional Law,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jun. 26, 2019
9th Circuit decision denying ‘ministerial exception’ to Catholic schoolteacher will stand, despite conservatives’ dissent
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will not revisit its decision allowing a Catholic school teacher to sue her former employer over alleged Americans with Disabilities Act violations, despite a vehement dissent from several of the court’s more conservative judges.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will not revisit its decision allowing a Catholic school teacher to sue her former employer over alleged Americans with Disabilities Act violations, despite a vehement dissent from several of the court's more conservative judges.
The dissenters wrote Tuesday the ruling set a precedent at odds with the First Amendment's free exercise and establishment clauses and was in conflict with high court au...
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