RE: Court upholds prison no-pork policy against Establishment Clause challenge

2012-04-20 Thread West, Ellis
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 9:43 AM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: Court upholds prison no-pork policy against Establishment Clause challenge I think there's rough consensus here: Decisions such as Amos, Texas Monthly and Cutter establish that an effort to alleviate

Re: Court upholds prison no-pork policy against Establishment Clause challenge

2012-04-20 Thread Marty Lederman
...@lists.ucla.edu [ mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edureligionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] *On Behalf Of *West, Ellis *Sent:* Thursday, April 12, 2012 2:39 PM *To:* Law Religion issues for Law Academics *Subject:* RE: Court upholds prison no-pork policy against Establishment Clause challenge

RE: Court upholds prison no-pork policy against Establishment Clause challenge

2012-04-19 Thread Eric Rassbach
Here is a story that I think bears out what I argued below. Thanks to Prof. Friedman for linking this on Religion Clause. http://www.pri.org/stories/politics-society/religion/despite-court-ruling-islamic-butcher-in-germany-faces-hurdles-to-halal-slaughter-9483.html Despite court ruling,

Re: Court upholds prison no-pork policy against Establishment Clause challenge

2012-04-18 Thread Marci Hamilton
: Re: Court upholds prison no-pork policy against Establishment Clause challenge Cutter only addressed the facial Establishment Clause attack on the prison provisions of RLUIPA. It did not protect any particular program or exemption from attack Marci On Apr 12, 2012, at 7:19 PM

RE: Court upholds prison no-pork policy against Establishment Clause challenge

2012-04-16 Thread Volokh, Eugene
Of West, Ellis Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 2:39 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Court upholds prison no-pork policy against Establishment Clause challenge I should have added to the post below that the policy might create as much conflict as it eliminates, just as would

RE: Court upholds prison no-pork policy against Establishment Clause challenge

2012-04-16 Thread Volokh, Eugene
[mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of West, Ellis Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 2:39 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Court upholds prison no-pork policy against Establishment Clause challenge I should have added to the post below that the policy might

Re: Court upholds prison no-pork policy against Establishment Clause challenge

2012-04-16 Thread Marci Hamilton
, April 12, 2012 2:39 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Court upholds prison no-pork policy against Establishment Clause challenge I should have added to the post below that the policy might create as much conflict as it eliminates, just as would a vegetarian diet

RE: Court upholds prison no-pork policy against Establishment Clause challenge

2012-04-13 Thread West, Ellis
[mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of West, Ellis Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 5:21 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Court upholds prison no-pork policy against Establishment Clause challenge Sure avoiding litigation is a secular purpose, but only

RE: Court upholds prison no-pork policy against Establishment Clause challenge

2012-04-13 Thread West, Ellis
, 2012 7:32 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: Court upholds prison no-pork policy against Establishment Clause challenge Is this outcome surprising in any way? Does anyone on the list believe that the court got this wrong? (I certainly don't). If Congress overrode HHS

Re: Court upholds prison no-pork policy against Establishment Clause challenge

2012-04-13 Thread Douglas Laycock
...@lists.ucla.edu]mailto:[mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Ira Lupu Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 4:36 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: Court upholds prison no-pork policy against Establishment Clause challenge Avoiding litigation

Re: Court upholds prison no-pork policy against Establishment Clause challenge

2012-04-12 Thread Ira Lupu
Is this outcome surprising in any way? Does anyone on the list believe that the court got this wrong? (I certainly don't). If Congress overrode HHS and eliminated pregnancy prevention services from mandatory coverage by employers under the Affordable Care Act, wouldn't the analysis be just the

RE: Court upholds prison no-pork policy against Establishment Clause challenge

2012-04-12 Thread Volokh, Eugene
[mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Ira Lupu Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 4:32 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: Court upholds prison no-pork policy against Establishment Clause challenge Is this outcome surprising in any way? Does anyone on the list believe

RE: Court upholds prison no-pork policy against Establishment Clause challenge

2012-04-12 Thread West, Ellis
:36 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: Court upholds prison no-pork policy against Establishment Clause challenge Avoiding litigation (and there are many, many RLUIPA and free exercise cases about prison diets) and other forms of conflict, and having the efficiencies

Re: Court upholds prison no-pork policy against Establishment Clause challenge

2012-04-12 Thread Ira Lupu
...@lists.ucla.edu] *On Behalf Of *Ira Lupu *Sent:* Wednesday, April 11, 2012 7:32 PM *To:* Law Religion issues for Law Academics *Subject:* Re: Court upholds prison no-pork policy against Establishment Clause challenge ** ** Is this outcome surprising in any way? Does anyone on the list