Legal Spirits Episode 018: SCOTUS Takes a Pair of Cases on the Ministerial Exception
Release Date
1-23-2020
Description
In this episode, we discuss the Court’s cert grant in two consolidated cases on the ministerial exception: St. James Church v. Biel and Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru. The cases will require the Court to clarify the definition of “minister,” a question the Court left open six years ago in Hosanna-Tabor. Center Co-Directors Marc DeGirolami and Mark Movsesian ask whether the Court will adopt a narrow or broad definition of “minister”; what practical consequences would follow from either approach; and how the Court’s decision will reflect deeper disagreements about the value of religious institutions in American life.
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