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01/06/2024

The Supreme Court’s Tanzin v. Tanvir decision is not one that is widely known. But the potential impact of that decision is big given its holding. (Don’t worry, we’ll cover that in a future Religion Law Quiz.) What were the key facts of the Tanzin decision? (Scroll down for the answer) Answer:...

30/05/2024

What did the Supreme Court hold in Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1990) and (b) what did the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) seek to do in response to the Supreme Court’s Smith decision? (Scroll down for the answer) Answer: Here is how the Suprem...

28/05/2024

How would you explain RFRA (i.e., the Religious Freedom Restoration Act) to a kindergartener? (Scroll down for the answer) Answer: Here’s how the Supreme Court succinctly summarized RFRA in 2020: The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) prohibits the Federal Government from imposing su...

27/05/2024

In what year did the Supreme Court issue its decision in Tanzin v. Tanvir and what was the issue that the Supreme Court decided in that case? (Scroll down for the answer) Answer: The Supreme Court issued its opinion in 2020. Here’s how the Supreme Court described the issue it was facing: The Relig...

25/05/2024

True or False: An employer can satisfy Title VII’s “undue hardship” test by assessing the reasonableness of a particular accommodation and determining that such a request is unreasonable and would create an undue hardship for the employer. (Scroll down for the answer) Answer: FALSE. Title VII ...

24/05/2024

In Religion Law Quiz #99 we learned “that ‘undue hardship’ in Title VII means what it says, and courts should resolve whether a hardship would be substantial in the context of an employer's business in the common-sense manner that it would use in applying any such test.” Groff v. DeJoy, 143 ...

23/05/2024

True or False: In the context of Title VII, whether a requested religious accommodation creates an “undue hardship” should be determined by the court applying a common-sense test inquiring whether the hardship is substantial in the context of the employer’s business. (Scroll down for the answe...

21/05/2024

A heuristic is a mental shortcut that we use to reach decisions. We all use heuristics and they can be very helpful. But sometimes our use of a heuristic can be an Achilles heel because our generation and use of the heuristic overlooks critical details which, when they are considered, helps us reali...

20/05/2024

In June 2023 the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Groff v. DeJoy ruling on religious accommodations under Title VII. In a nutshell, what was the main holding of the Groff decision? (Scroll down for the answer) Answer: Here’s how the Supreme Court answers that question in the syllabus: Held: Tit...

18/05/2024

Religion Law Quiz #91 asked how you would explain “strict scrutiny” to a kindergartner. In keeping with that theme (i.e., you only truly understand a concept when you can intelligently teach it to someone much younger and less knowledgeable than yourself), how would you, in just one sentence, de...

17/05/2024

In Groff v. DeJoy, 243 S.Ct. 2279 (2023), the Supreme Court was recently asked to address Title VII in the context of a former United States Postal Service (USPS) employee who, as an evangelical Christian, Sunday should be for worship and rest (not work). The USPS disagreed and did not make a reason...

15/05/2024

Religion Law Quiz #94 The last several Religion Law Quizzes have focused on key legal principles as articulated in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 141 S.C.t 1868 (2021). Today’s Religion Law Quiz poses one final question regarding that decision. The Fulton decision specifically recog...

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