Ah. Silly me. Thank you.
On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Greg Lipper <lip...@au.org> wrote: > The question isn’t only whether Hobby Lobby (and other for-profit > corporations that sell secular goods/services) are persons, but rather > whether they are persons that “exercise religion.” If they are not > exercising religion, then RFRA is not triggered, no matter how much > personhood they have. > > > > On Jun 9, 2014, at 12:39 PM, Hillel Y. Levin <hillelle...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Why doesn't 1 USC sec. 1 resolve the first-stage question in Hobby Lobby > (whether RFRA applies to corporations)? "[T]he words “person” and “whoever” > include corporations, companies, associations, firms, partnerships, > societies, and joint stock companies, as well as individuals." > > > > Are the two sides really just arguing about whether [RFRA's] "context > indicates otherwise" (1 USC 1) sufficiently to overcome this strong > definitional statement? > > > > If so, much as I'd personally like for Hobby Lobby to lose this case, > I'd think that the on this question at least, the plaintiffs have to win. > After all, we have a strong statutory definition, with at best equivocal > contextual evidence to the contrary. > > > > What am I missing? Are there cases dealing with the "context" language > in 1 USC 1? > > _______________________________________________ > > To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > > > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as > private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are > posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or > wrongly) forward the messages to others. > > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as > private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are > posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or > wrongly) forward the messages to others. > -- Hillel Y. Levin Associate Professor University of Georgia School of Law 120 Herty Dr. Athens, GA 30602 (678) 641-7452 hle...@uga.edu hillelle...@gmail.com SSRN Author Page: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=466645
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