Re: Alito and Religion

2005-10-31 Thread Roman Storzer
ed. Being denied the ability to proselytize or even merely speak might not seem to be as great of an injury as being expelled or placed in detention, but is the distinction constitutionally significant? Roman Storzer ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@

Re: Michigan Muslim decision

2004-05-14 Thread Roman Storzer
While it couldn't seriously be argued that "preventing the disturbance of quality of life"--without more-- reaches the level of compelling interest, preventing noise levels from reaching a certain painful level or during the night could be said to further an actual--and not imagined--public heal

RE: Locke v. Davey and expanded free exercise rights

2004-03-01 Thread Roman Storzer
Describing RLUIPA as destruction of residential quality of neighborhoods is, at the very least, a matter of perspective.  It could certainly be argued that the existence of houses of worship enhances community life, and for every case involving the “horrors” of a megachurch that are referre

RE: Locke v. Davey and expanded free exercise rights

2004-03-01 Thread Roman Storzer
To the extent that the Establishment Clause today commands some sort of parallelism between the review of laws that favor and disfavor religion--and nothing in Davey appears to me to suggest a retreat from this principle--the opinion would seem to lower the bar for both types.    The former