Summary
The National Law Journal reports on a California church, represented by the Religious Liberty Clinic at SLS, that will move forward in a suit seeking to restore services to homeless citizens.
A federal appeals court on Monday will hear arguments for the first time on how to apply recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent to a federal statute that protects religious groups from unconstitutionally restrictive land-use regulations.
The case, before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, partly hinges on the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby decision in June, in which the Supreme Court found that the federal government violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act by requiring the retailer to provide health insurance coverage for contraceptives under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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The church, represented by Stanford Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic, filed its suit on May 14, alleging violations of the RLUIPA and the First Amendment. It sought injunctive relief to lift the city’s ban so that it could continue to provide its homeless services.