SCOTUS petitions to watch includes RFRA and asylum for marriage case
SCOTUS Blog’s most recent list of petitions to watch for the May 8th conference of the Justices has been posted. The list includes these two cases that may of particular interest to Alliance Alert readers:
Docket: 07-756
Case name: Yang v. Mukasey
Issue: Whether members of traditional marriages not recognized by the Chinese government may qualify for asylum if their spouse is forced to undergo an abortion or sterilization.
Docket: 07-1127
Case name: St. John’s United Church of Christ, et al. v. Chicago, et al.
Issue: Whether Chicago violated the Free Exercise Clause by, in efforts to expand O’Hare International Airport, seeking to amend state law to exempt religious cemeteries surrounding the airport from the Illinois Religious Freedom and Restoration Act.
- Opinion below (7th Circuit)
- Petition for certiorari
- Brief in opposition
- Petitioner’s reply
- Amicus brief of Civil Liberties for Urban Believers and the American Indian Movement (in support of the petitioner)