RE: Sabbatarians and deadlines

[Volokh, Eugene]

My extremely hazy sense is that most people who feel an
obligation to abstain from work one day a week -- not just to go to
church part of the day, but to abstrain from work (which would
presumably include schoolwork) -- observe a Saturday Sabbath.  But I may
of course be entirely mistaken.

Nonetheless, I'm pretty sure not much turns on this.  Most
people, including those who were brought up with Sunday as their most
religiously significant day, are able (though not eager) to work each
day.  A few feel a religious obligation not to do anything on Saturday,
or possibly on Sunday, depending on the particular denomination.  Does
the school have an obligation to accommodate them by giving them an
extra day to do their assignment?

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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Tushnet
> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 10:39 PM
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> Subject: Re: Sabbatarians and deadlines
> 
> 
> This isn't the kind of thing I think about a lot, but I 
> wonder what (if 
> any) assumptions are made -- in the question anjd by the 
> hypothesized state institution -- about the category 
> "Sabbatarians."  I think the usual definition is "those who obserfve 
> their holy day on Saturday," and if that's right, what does the state 
> do about or assume about those who observe their holy day on 
> Sunday?  Or is it that the category really isn't "Sabbatarians" but 
> "those whose religious beliefs require that they abstain from 
> certain activities, a category that encompasses the activities at 
> issue here, on their holy day whenever it occurs"?
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: "Volokh, Eugene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Friday, March 24, 2006 7:57 pm
> Subject: Sabbatarians and deadlines
> 
> > Thinking about some of our UCLA Law School assignments, 
> especially 
> > ones that have relatively short deadlines, led me to
> ask
> > this:  Do public universities in states with accommodation
> regimes
> > (under RFRA or under Sherbert/Yoder-based state Free
> Exercise Clause
> > rules) have an obligation to extend some deadlines for
> > Sabbatarians?  
> > 
> > The law review competition, for instance, starts 
> Thursday afternoon 
> > and ends Wednesday afternoon; it's generally
> believed that
> > many students really do need all six days to do a good job.  Say
> the
> > competition was conducted by school (which it isn't, but say it
> was).
> > Sabbatarians would have only five days on which they could do
> the
> > competition, but others have six; would the school have an
> > obligation to
> > give Sabbatarians an extra day?
> > 
> > What if this were a 72-hour take home exam, given Friday
> morning
> > and due Monday morning?
> > 
> > Eugene
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Re: Sabbatarians and deadlines

[Mark Tushnet]

This isn't the kind of thing I think about a lot, but I wonder what (if 
any) assumptions are made -- in the question anjd by the 
hypothesized state institution -- about the category 
"Sabbatarians."  I think the usual definition is "those who obserfve 
their holy day on Saturday," and if that's right, what does the state 
do about or assume about those who observe their holy day on 
Sunday?  Or is it that the category really isn't "Sabbatarians" but 
"those whose religious beliefs require that they abstain from 
certain activities, a category that encompasses the activities at 
issue here, on their holy day whenever it occurs"?

- Original Message -
From: "Volokh, Eugene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, March 24, 2006 7:57 pm
Subject: Sabbatarians and deadlines

>   Thinking about some of our UCLA Law School assignments,
> especially ones that have relatively short deadlines, led me to 
ask
> this:  Do public universities in states with accommodation 
regimes
> (under RFRA or under Sherbert/Yoder-based state Free 
Exercise Clause
> rules) have an obligation to extend some deadlines for 
> Sabbatarians?  
> 
>   The law review competition, for instance, starts Thursday
> afternoon and ends Wednesday afternoon; it's generally 
believed that
> many students really do need all six days to do a good job.  Say 
the
> competition was conducted by school (which it isn't, but say it 
was).
> Sabbatarians would have only five days on which they could do 
the
> competition, but others have six; would the school have an 
> obligation to
> give Sabbatarians an extra day?
> 
>   What if this were a 72-hour take home exam, given Friday 
morning
> and due Monday morning?
> 
>   Eugene
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RE: Where to find cert petitions

[Stuart BUCK]

I believe that they're available only for cases that were actually decided 
by the Court.  If the question is where to find cert petitions for the 
*other* 7,000+ cases per year, I'd love to know of a centralized place to 
find them as well.




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Subject: RE: Where to find cert petitions
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 13:18:08 -0500

Aren't they on Westlaw?
Marc

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Subject: RE: Where to find cert petitions

While a lawyer might be able to point you in the direction of a more
comprehensive resource, I know that many, but not all, cert petitions
(as well as opposition briefs and reply briefs) from the current term
can be found at the NWU Medill School of Journalism's SCOTUS site.
Click on the "Case List for 2005-2006 Term" and then click on the case
you're interested in.

https://www.medill.northwestern.edu/~secure/docket/mt/

Andrew Wyatt

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> Subject: Where to find cert petitions
>
> Is there a website providing US Supreme Court cert petitions (the
actual
> briefs) that have been filed but not decided?  Thanks.  Kim Colby
>
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Sabbatarians and deadlines

[Volokh, Eugene]

Thinking about some of our UCLA Law School assignments,
especially ones that have relatively short deadlines, led me to ask
this:  Do public universities in states with accommodation regimes
(under RFRA or under Sherbert/Yoder-based state Free Exercise Clause
rules) have an obligation to extend some deadlines for Sabbatarians?  

The law review competition, for instance, starts Thursday
afternoon and ends Wednesday afternoon; it's generally believed that
many students really do need all six days to do a good job.  Say the
competition was conducted by school (which it isn't, but say it was).
Sabbatarians would have only five days on which they could do the
competition, but others have six; would the school have an obligation to
give Sabbatarians an extra day?

What if this were a 72-hour take home exam, given Friday morning
and due Monday morning?

Eugene
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Residential picketing ordinance and refusal to give a get

[Volokh, Eugene]

http://vosizneias.blogspot.com/2006/03/gaithersburg-md-city-hall-got-inv
olved.html:

 Gaithersburg, MD - City Hall Got Involved In A Man's Refusal To Give A
Get

Gaithersburg, Maryland - The Gaithersburg City Council held a public
hearing on an emergency ordinance
[http://www.gaithersburgmd.gov/Documents/032006_picket.pdf] that would
restrict the protesters in front of the house of Gaithersburg resident
Sam Rosenbloom, in the fight over his refusal to give his ex-wife a get.

But organizers of the regular Sunday morning demonstrations, which has
been held periodically for almost two years, say that while they will
conform to the law, the new regulations will not stop them from
continuing their protests until Rosenbloom relents and grants Sarah
Rosenbloom a get.

The protests averaging a dozen to 18 people held signs and chanted
slogans such as "Unchain your wife" as a way to "apply social pressure
to free" Sarah Rosenbloom from her marriage, said one of the protestors
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RE: Where to find cert petitions

[Marc Stern]

Aren't they on Westlaw?
Marc

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Wyatt
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 1:04 PM
To: 'Law & Religion issues for Law Academics'
Subject: RE: Where to find cert petitions

While a lawyer might be able to point you in the direction of a more
comprehensive resource, I know that many, but not all, cert petitions
(as well as opposition briefs and reply briefs) from the current term
can be found at the NWU Medill School of Journalism's SCOTUS site.
Click on the "Case List for 2005-2006 Term" and then click on the case
you're interested in.

https://www.medill.northwestern.edu/~secure/docket/mt/

Andrew Wyatt

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> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 12:12 PM
> To: 'Law & Religion issues for Law Academics'
> Subject: Where to find cert petitions
> 
> Is there a website providing US Supreme Court cert petitions (the
actual
> briefs) that have been filed but not decided?  Thanks.  Kim Colby
> 
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RE: Where to find cert petitions

[Andrew Wyatt]

While a lawyer might be able to point you in the direction of a more
comprehensive resource, I know that many, but not all, cert petitions
(as well as opposition briefs and reply briefs) from the current term
can be found at the NWU Medill School of Journalism's SCOTUS site.
Click on the "Case List for 2005-2006 Term" and then click on the case
you're interested in.

https://www.medill.northwestern.edu/~secure/docket/mt/

Andrew Wyatt

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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kim Colby
> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 12:12 PM
> To: 'Law & Religion issues for Law Academics'
> Subject: Where to find cert petitions
> 
> Is there a website providing US Supreme Court cert petitions (the
actual
> briefs) that have been filed but not decided?  Thanks.  Kim Colby
> 
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Where to find cert petitions

[Kim Colby]

Is there a website providing US Supreme Court cert petitions (the actual
briefs) that have been filed but not decided?  Thanks.  Kim Colby

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Re: Hindu groups sue state panel over textbooks

[Will Linden]

GetReligion (getreligion.org) has had repeated coverage of this and the 
role of *hindutva* nationalism in the matter, and of how representative the 
groups are of "Hinduism".



At 11:59 AM 3/23/06 -0500, you wrote:


Interesting lawsuit developing in California. Full story at:

http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/14233850p-15055603c.html

Here are the four most relevant paragraphs:

"The Hindu American Foundation's complaint, filed in Sacramento Superior 
Court last week, claims the textbooks, as approved, violate state law by 
portraying Hinduism in a way that is 'demeaning, stereotypical and more 
critical than the presentation of any other religious tradition.'


The group is asking the court to throw out the board's March 8 decision 
and force it to rely instead on the recommendation of one of the board's 
advisory committees, which in December approved a different set of changes 
that two other Hindu organizations had requested.


The complaint of the other group, California Parents for the Equalization 
of Educational Materials, was filed in U.S. District Court on March 14.


In its complaint, the group argues that the state board violated the First 
and 14th Amendments by penalizing Hindu groups for their political 
affiliations and adopting textbook changes that promote Judaism and 
Christianity over Hinduism,"


Allen Asch
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