Re: Law.com - 3rd Circuit Rejects Muslim Cop's Bid toWearReligiousScarf

2009-04-09 Thread Dave Sidhu
sts.ucla.edu > [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of John Taylor > Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 9:01 AM > To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu > Subject: RE: Law.com - 3rd Circuit Rejects Muslim Cop's Bid > toWearReligiousScarf > > > > Doug's concern

RE: Law.com - 3rd Circuit Rejects Muslim Cop's Bid toWearReligiousScarf

2009-04-09 Thread Brownstein, Alan
cult to defend. Alan Brownstein From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of John Taylor Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 9:01 AM To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Subject: RE: Law.com - 3rd Circuit Rejects Muslim Cop's Bid toWearReligiousScarf Doug

RE: Law.com - 3rd Circuit Rejects Muslim Cop's Bid toWearReligiousScarf

2009-04-09 Thread John Taylor
Doug's concerns are certainly legitimate ones, and I suspect few would disagree with the propositions that: (a) a specific religious exclusion like a garb statute is more worrisome than "neutral" laws under Smith (as the Police Directive in Webb apparently was), and (b) courts should certainly