Re: Zubik / Little Sisters - testing the scope via a hypothetical

2016-03-22 Thread Richard Foltin
Would another way to put it be that, while the government may never question the theological claim that the religious petitioner considers himself/herself to be burdened, at some point the connection becomes so attenuated that the courts will not, as a legal matter, regard the burden involved

RE: Administration to ‘Augment’ ACA Contraceptive Rules

2014-08-22 Thread Richard Foltin
Chip, I was able to access the document. The proposed rule is open for comments, which must be submitted by October 21. Richard Richard T. Foltin, Esq. Director of National and Legislative Affairs Office of Government and International Affairs Washington, DC P: (202) 785-5463, F: (202)

RE: The clergy-penitent privilege and burdens on third parties

2013-12-07 Thread Richard Foltin
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Re: The clergy-penitent privilege and burdens on third parties

2013-12-07 Thread Richard Foltin
Apologies to all for the invitation that my (not-so-)Smartphone somehow just sent to the listserve for a non-existent event. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID Levinson, Sanford V slevin...@law.utexas.edu wrote: I am certainly drawn to be protective of religious acts “essential to

Canceled: RE: The clergy-penitent privilege and burdens on third parties

2013-12-07 Thread Richard Foltin
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Re: Book

2013-06-16 Thread Richard Foltin
Sent from my iPad On Jun 15, 2013, at 8:41 PM, Marc DeGirolami marc.degirol...@stjohns.edumailto:marc.degirol...@stjohns.edu wrote: I hope you will indulge a brief note about the recent publication of my book, The Tragedy of Religious

RE: Mothers leaving ultra-religious groups, and religious upbringing as a factor in custody disputes

2012-04-20 Thread Richard Foltin
The religious status quo could also be a non-observant or explicitly atheistic or agnostic household, which would also have to be respected under the rule that Eugene supports. The alternative is for the courts to determine which religions are extremist, a questionable role for the judiciary.

Re: Interesting late 1800s Arkansas law related to government and religion

2012-01-26 Thread Richard Foltin
Application of freedom of association aside, for a church, there's now Hosanna-Tabor. The religious autonomy interest that precludes the state from ever telling a church whom its minister shall be could well extent to their right to decide who their members are. Richard From: Marci Hamilton

RE: Zionist-Occupied Government

2005-12-13 Thread Richard Foltin
I concur. The reference to "ZOG" evokes a view of Jewish conspiracy and influence that is simply a more current version ofthe "history" recited in the fraudulent Protocols of the Elders of Zion -- and has no more place in civil discourse. Richard From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

New Orleans legal system

2005-09-02 Thread Richard Foltin
Tangentially apropos of the interesting but assuredly academic discussion of Governor Blanco's call for prayer, here is an e-mail I received this afternoon detailing the very real -- and mind-boggling -- implications of the catastrophe for area lawyers, judges and the legal system. Richard Foltin

Foltin-Standish Article for Human Rights Magazine

2004-08-20 Thread Richard Foltin
Dear friends, I am pleased to enclose for your information a copy of my article on Title VII and religious discrimination, co-authored with Seventh-day Adventist legislative director James Standish, which has just been published in Human Rights magazine. It appears below as embedded text, and