Politics & Government

European Court Advocate General Opines On Eid al-Adha Slaughterhouses

In Moskeeën v. Gewest, (ECJ Adv. Gen., Nov. 30, 2017), the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice concluded in his recommendation to the court that Belgian authorities had not infringed the religious freedom of Muslims by ending the practice of creating temporary slaughterhouses to be...

Suit Challenging Indiana Charter School Law Mostly Survives Motion To Dismiss

In Indiana Coalition for Public Education v. McCormick, (SD IN, Nov. 29, 2017), an Indiana federal district court refused to dismiss standing and Establishment Clause challenges by an education advocacy group to the provision in Indiana's Charter School Act that gives religious institutions the...