RE: Sabbatarians and deadlines

2006-03-24 Thread Volokh, Eugene
My extremely hazy sense is that most people who feel an obligation to abstain from work one day a week -- not just to go to church part of the day, but to abstrain from work (which would presumably include schoolwork) -- observe a Saturday Sabbath. But I may of course be entirely mistaken.

Re: Sabbatarians and deadlines

2006-03-24 Thread Mark Tushnet
This isn't the kind of thing I think about a lot, but I wonder what (if any) assumptions are made -- in the question anjd by the hypothesized state institution -- about the category "Sabbatarians." I think the usual definition is "those who obserfve their holy day on Saturday," and if that's r

RE: Where to find cert petitions

2006-03-24 Thread Stuart BUCK
I believe that they're available only for cases that were actually decided by the Court. If the question is where to find cert petitions for the *other* 7,000+ cases per year, I'd love to know of a centralized place to find them as well. From: "Marc Stern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Law

Sabbatarians and deadlines

2006-03-24 Thread Volokh, Eugene
Thinking about some of our UCLA Law School assignments, especially ones that have relatively short deadlines, led me to ask this: Do public universities in states with accommodation regimes (under RFRA or under Sherbert/Yoder-based state Free Exercise Clause rules) have an obligation to ex

Residential picketing ordinance and refusal to give a get

2006-03-24 Thread Volokh, Eugene
http://vosizneias.blogspot.com/2006/03/gaithersburg-md-city-hall-got-inv olved.html: Gaithersburg, MD - City Hall Got Involved In A Man's Refusal To Give A Get Gaithersburg, Maryland - The Gaithersburg City Council held a public hearing on an emergency ordinance [http://www.gaithersburgmd.gov/Do

RE: Where to find cert petitions

2006-03-24 Thread Marc Stern
Aren't they on Westlaw? Marc -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Wyatt Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 1:04 PM To: 'Law & Religion issues for Law Academics' Subject: RE: Where to find cert petitions While a lawyer might be able to point yo

RE: Where to find cert petitions

2006-03-24 Thread Andrew Wyatt
While a lawyer might be able to point you in the direction of a more comprehensive resource, I know that many, but not all, cert petitions (as well as opposition briefs and reply briefs) from the current term can be found at the NWU Medill School of Journalism's SCOTUS site. Click on the "Case List

Where to find cert petitions

2006-03-24 Thread Kim Colby
Is there a website providing US Supreme Court cert petitions (the actual briefs) that have been filed but not decided? Thanks. Kim Colby ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password,

Re: Hindu groups sue state panel over textbooks

2006-03-24 Thread Will Linden
GetReligion (getreligion.org) has had repeated coverage of this and the role of *hindutva* nationalism in the matter, and of how representative the groups are of "Hinduism". At 11:59 AM 3/23/06 -0500, you wrote: Interesting lawsuit developing in California. Full story at: