What’s at stake in the high-profile religious liberty case at the Supreme Court this term? Amanda Tyler and Holly Hollman break down the oral arguments inFulton v. Philadelphia, which centers on whether a religious organization can apply its religious criteria to discriminate when operating as a government contractor delivering foster care services. They share four takeaways and speculate about what sort of decision we might see in the case. Plus, they take a look at how religion has been discussed in terms of voting this week, including problematic implications of a religious test for office.
Segment one: What are the religious liberty issues at play inFulton v. Philadelphia? (starting at 1:05)
For more onEmployment Division v. Smith(1990) and the legislative response, visit BJConline.org/RFRA
Segment two: Four takeaways from the oral arguments (starting at 19:32)
You can listen to the oral arguments in Fulton v. Philadelphia via CSPAN at this link.
We played three clips from the arguments:
Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaking with Lori Windham, the advocate for Fulton (around 16:25 into the argument)
Neal Katyal, the advocate for Philadelphia, talking about how Fulton’s position can lead to religions being against each other (around 1:18:04 into the argument)
Justice Samuel Alito expressing outrage at government actors trying to impose their beliefs on religious actors (around 1:04:17 into the argument)
