After granting cert in and consolidating seven cases, receiving at least seventy amicus briefs in addition to those filed by the parties, hearing oral argument, and requesting additional briefing, the Supreme Court has finally decided…. not to decide.

LRRP Director Liz Platt on how proposed religious exemption laws could renew religious opposition to desegregation.

LRRP Director Liz Platt for Religion Dispatches.

LRRP assisted the Counsel for Church-State Scholars in the preparation of an amicus brief submitted in the Supreme Court of the United States case of Zubik v. Burwell. We also issued a fact sheet exploring what women of color have at stake in this round of litigation over the ACA.

“The silence on the part of religious liberty advocates in a pair of recent cases involving Muslim employees would appear to be a simple case of prioritizing the religious beliefs of Christians over those of minority workers. But the explanation may be both more and less cynical.” –LRRP Director Liz Platt