Ethics

Supreme Court to Hear Student Religious Group Case

By Ed Brayton

I've written many times over the years about a series of lawsuits all over the country concerning the formation of student groups on college campuses and whether those groups can get official recognition while setting their own standards for membership. Some universities refuse to recognize religious clubs that have exclusive membership, while others allow such rules.

The courts have split on the issue, with the 9th Circuit upholding university rules prohibiting such standards and the 7th Circuit striking down identical regulations, both involving chapters of the Christian Legal Society in law schools. The Supreme Court has now granted cert in the 9th Circuit case and will, presumably, settle this issue once and for all. CLS has a webpage up with all of the pleadings in that case as it's moved up the courts.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on December 11, 2009 (boomark / email).