US Supreme Court will hear case involving right of religious student organizations to determine their own leadershipALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND / CHRISTIAN LEGAL SOCIETY NEWS RELEASE U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear lawsuit against UC-Hastings High Court will hear case involving right of religious student organizations to determine their own leadership WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court Monday agreed to decide whether a public university can refuse to recognize a religious student group because the group requires its leaders to share its religious beliefs. Attorneys with the Christian Legal Society and the Alliance Defense Fund Center for Academic Freedom represent a student chapter of CLS, which Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco refused to recognize because the group requires all of its officers and voting members to subscribe to its basic Christian beliefs. Case Name: Christian Legal Society v. Martinez Full news release, quotes, and related media resources available at the following links: http://www.adfmedia.org/News/PRDetail/3473 The ADF Center for Academic Freedom defends religious freedom at America’s public universities. ADF is a legal alliance of Christian attorneys and like-minded organizations defending the right of people to freely live out their faith. The CLS Center for Law & Religious Freedom is the advocacy division of the Christian Legal Society, a nationwide association of Christian attorneys, law students, law professors, and judges. _________________________ SCOTUS Blog (links to documents) |