In the Supreme Court of the United States, Sharonell Fulton, et al., petitioners, v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al., respondents : on writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit : brief amici curiae of the National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs ("COLPA"), Agudas Harabonim, Agudath Israel of America, National Council of Young Israel, Rabbinical Alliance of America, Rabbinical Council of America, Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce, and Torah Umesorah in support of petitioners

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Lewin, Nathan, author

Summary

At issue is whether free exercise plaintiffs can only succeed by proving a particular type of discrimination claim - namely that the government would allow the same conduct by someone who held diff...

At issue is whether free exercise plaintiffs can only succeed by proving a particular type of discrimination claim - namely that the government would allow the same conduct by someone who held different religious views - as two circuits have held, or whether courts must consider other evidence that a law is not neutral and generally applicable, as six circuits have held; (2) whether Employment Division v. Smith should be revisited; and (3) whether the government violates the First Amendment by conditioning a religious agency's ability to participate in the foster care system on taking actions and making statements that directly contradict the agency's religious beliefs.

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