The Snowbowl decision (Navajo Nation v. Forest Service, denied cert. this
week by scotus) appears significant for religion clause discussions and
seems like it could be good fodder for a discussion in my magazine
(Christianity Today). But the significance to Christianity is not
immediately appare
Ted,
A group of religious liberty scholars (several of them on this list, including
me) filed an amicus brief supporting the cert petition arguing that the
standard the 9th Circuit used to dismiss this case (for lack of a substantial
burden under RFRA) could have far-reaching effects, including
I think Prof. Berg hits it about right as far as the possible breadth
of the decision, but, as is common, we don't really know what it means
until the next case. For my part, I don't read the court language as
very broad at all and I read the case as easily distinguishable from
most cases
As someone who joined Tom and other law professors in filing the amicus brief
supporting the cert. petition in this case, I agree with Tom that there may be
religious liberty consequences for Christians as well as the members of other
faiths if the 9th Circuit's RFRA standard is applied broadly
Can someone provide examples of how this affects Christians? What benefit
would they be denied or sanction would they suffer based on beliefs or
spiritual responses to something? The 9th Circuit test seems to me to have
no implications for non-earth-based religions.
But I assume this is really ju
