Supreme Court Presages Broad Religious Exemptions to State and Local Non-Discrimination Provisions

Supreme Court Presages Broad Religious Exemptions to State and Local Non-Discrimination Provisions

Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, Pa., 141 S. Ct. 1868 (2021). I. Introduction In Fulton, both the district court and court of appeals held in favor of the defendants, citing Employment Division v. Smith as controlling precedent regarding “neutral laws of general applicability.” Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, 320 F. Supp. 3d 661, 704 (E.D.…

Farmers Versus the State: The Tenacious Fight for India’s Democracy

Farmers Versus the State: The Tenacious Fight for India’s Democracy

Abstract During the height of the global COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi enacted three agricultural reform laws that adversely impacted the livelihood of Indian farmers. The three laws weakened restrictions that have protected Indian farmers from the free market for decades and consequently left them vulnerable to big corporations that would…