NJ Advance Media reports that a New Jersey trial court judge yesterday, in a three-hour long decision read from the bench, upheld a Catholic school's refusal to re-admit two girls for this year after their father sued the school to get one of the girls on the boy's basketball team. The judge...
Month: August 2017
Sikh Cadets Sue West Point Over Headgear Requirement
Two cadets who are observant Sikhs and who enrolled in the U.S. Military Academy at West Point filed suit in a Michigan federal district court yesterday contending that the Army has failed to follow its own regulations that allow Sikhs to serve without giving up their Sikh grooming and dress...
A Finger Exercise On Hyperglobalization
Why small cost reductions led to big trade. Source: http://bppro.link/?c=BqW
Picture of the Day: Always Remembered
ALWAYS REMEMBERED Photograph by KEVIN WOLF | wolfkann on Flickr In this powerful photograph by Kevin Wolf, we see a lone figure knelt at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C. The photograph was taken earlier this year, and Wolf recalls: “It’s not staged. I just got lucky. It was an...
4th Circuit: Federal Law Does Not Entitle Disabled Students To Education In Their Religious Traditions
In M.L. v. Smith, (4th Cir., Aug. 14, 2017), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) doesnot require a public school system to instruct disabled Orthodox Jewish students in the customs and practices of their religion as part of the...
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