Supreme Court Carves Out Religious Exception To Fair Employment Laws
The decision was 7-2, with Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg dissenting.
by Nina Totenberg
Jul 08, 2020
2 minutes
A 7-2 Supreme Court carved out a giant exception to the nation's fair employment laws, ruling that federal employment discrimination laws do not apply to teachers whose duties include instruction in religion at schools run by religious institutions.
Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg dissented.
The cases before the court involved two
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