World Cup hosts Russia made light of the pressure to see off Saudi Arabia in style as they won the tournament opener 5-0 in Moscow. Source: http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/11404964/russia-5-0-saudi-arabia-world-cup-hosts-make-light-of-pressure
Month: June 2018
Betsy DeVos May Only Offer Partial Loan Refunds To Defrauded College Students
Education Secretary and champion of for-profit colleges Betsy DeVos is once again siding with this controversial industry and against students who were defrauded by schools that tricked them into paying top dollar for a bottom-dollar education. Amid the collapse of scandalized for-profit school...
Muslim Woman Sues Under Title VII Over Failure To Accommodate Hijab
A lawsuit was filed in a Virginia federal district court last week against a Hanover, Virginia health care facility by a Muslim woman whose employment as a nursing assistant was terminated because she insisted on wearing a hijab. The complaint (full text) in Brooks v. Medical Facilities of...
En Banc Rehearing Denied In Touro Synagogue Dispute
Yesterday the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals denied an en banc rehearing in Congregation Jeshuat Israel v. Congregation Shearith Israel (1st Cir., June 7, 2018). In the case, a 3-judge panel ruled that Rhode Island's historic Touro Synagogue is owned by New York's Shearith Israel...
Suit Seeks Recognition of Non-Religious Wedding Officiants
A suit was filed last week by Center for Inquiry, a secular humanist organization, challenging the limits in Michigan law that prevent secular celebrants from officiating at weddings in the state. CFI among other things trains individuals how to solemnize marriage ceremonies consistent with...
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