Exam 2 Flashcards
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Called Teachers
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- Teachers who took religious classes and had to perform religious things
- Hosannah-Tabor v. EEOC
2
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Halakha
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- Encompasses Jewish Law
- Comes from a word meaning “path”
- Comes from the Torah, Mishnah, and Talmud
- Rabbinic interpretation
3
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Trinity Western Case
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- Canadian case where a Christian law school wanted to not admit LGBT students
- The court recognized both constitutional issues but decided to protect the LGBT students
- Cited in Multani case
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Canon Law
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-Roman Catholic Law
5
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Lay Teachers
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- Nonreligious teachers
- Hosannah-Tabor v. EEOC
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Ministerial Exception
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- An exception to employment law based on whether one is a minister
- Allows churches to do things like all male clergy
- Comes up in Hosanna v Equal Employment / Perich Case
7
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Public Good
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- Can easily be used in both sides of an argument
- Used as the majority opinion’s justification in the Gobitis decision
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Multani Case
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- Canadian case about a Sikh boy taking his kirpan to school
- The school used the Trinity Western Case as precedent
- The Sikh family used the Amselem case as precedent
- The court ruled in factor fo the Sikh family
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JFS Case
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- An English case
- JFS gives priority to Jewish students which is legal
- JFS did not give priority to a boy who claimed he was Jewish as JFS did not recognize his Judaism
- The head Jewish person also did not recognize this boy’s Judaism
- There was a concern this was a violation of the Race Relations Act
- The English court ruled in that this was a violation of the Race Relations Act
- This prompted schools to give priority to those who could do well on Jewish knowledge tests which did not always coincide with Jews
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Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC / Perich Case
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- A teacher got narcolepsy and when she returned to her job, she was already replaced
- She claimed a violation of the ADA
- Perich was a called teacher
- The court unanimously ruled in favor of the school citing a ministerial exception to the ADA
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Sharia
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- Islamic law
- Comes from a word meaning “path to water”
- Comes from the Quran, Hadith, and past experts
12
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Gobitis Case
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- 1st Flag case
- Taken to the court by Jehovah’s Witnesses who claimed the pledge was idolatry
- Free exercise concern
- The Court ruled against the children based on protecting the public good
13
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Quran
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- A holy book for Muslims
- A series of revelations that came to prophet Muhammed from 609-632 CE
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West Virginia v. Barnette
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- 2nd Flag case
- RUled in favor of student based on freedom of speech
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Kirpan
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- A ceremonial dagger used by baptized Sikhs
- The issue in the Multani case
