Where is the U.S. Supreme Court going on religious freedom?
The court’s current trend is to grant religious-freedom claims. That was true even before Amy Coney Barrett joined the court in October 2020, cementing a conservative-leaning majority of either 6-3 or 5-4 on certain legal disputes.
Some like that trend, arguing that it rightly furthers the ability to freely exercise religion in public. Some don’t, arguing that it blurs the line of separation of church and state, which they consider vital.
But how far will the court go? The Register recently asked constitutional-law experts to weigh in.
“I think as long as the court has its current composition, religious-liberty cases that they decide to hear will be decided in favor of the religious claimant,” said Sherif Girgis, associate professor of law at Notre Dame Law School, in a telephone interview with the Register.
Religious Freedom Expands Slowly, Uncertainly in Current US Supreme Court| National Catholic Register
Religious Freedom Expands Slowly, Uncertainly in Current US Supreme Court| National Catholic Register
