supreme court Archives – Page 15 of 17

Supreme Court upholds state tuition tax credit program

Jewish Journal April 6, 2011

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to an Arizona tuition tax credit program that benefits parochial schools, with all three Jewish justices dissenting. The court on Monday threw out a lawsuit against the program, which provides tax credits to those who donate to \”school tuition organizations\” that grant scholarships to private schools, including religious schools.\n

Gender segregation still OK on Israeli buses, with caveats

Jewish Journal January 6, 2011

Gender segregation on Israeli public buses may continue as long as passengers agree, the country\’s Supreme Court ruled. The practice will still be allowed on dozens of bus lines serving the haredi Orthodox community, known as Mehadrin lines, as long as passengers are not coerced and no violence erupts, according to the ruling issued Thursday. The finding adopted recommendations made last year by a Transportation Ministry committee which found that the Mehadrin lines should be allowed as long as the segregation was voluntary and women were not forced to sit in the back of the bus, Haaretz reported. The state had accepted the finding. The legal opinion was in response to a lawsuit filed in 2007 by a group of women and the Israel Religious Action Center, an organization of Israel\’s Reform, or Progressive, movement.

Boca Raton under fire for menorah display

Jewish Journal December 8, 2010

A Catholic civil rights organization is accusing Boca Raton, Fla., of discrimination for buying and displaying menorahs in public buildings without including a nativity scene. \”The City of Boca Raton is effectively discriminating against Christians by allowing one religious symbol, namely the menorah, to be displayed in public buildings, while censoring nativity scenes,\” Catholic League President Bill Donahue said in a statement issued Tuesday. According to the statement, the U.S. Supreme Court and district courts recognize the menorah as a Jewish religious symbol.

Kagan expected to win approval to high court

Jewish Journal August 5, 2010

The U.S. Senate is expected to approve Elana Kagan to serve on the Supreme Court.

The ‘Supreme’ Court?

Jewish Journal June 15, 2010

With all of our attention riveted on who was winning or losing public offices, we might have missed the most alarming thing that happened on California’s\nElection Day. And it didn’t even happen in California.

Kagan seen as brilliant and affable — and a mystery

Jewish Journal May 11, 2010

Rabbi David Saperstein runs through a shopping list of superlatives on Elena Kagan — \”self-evidently brilliant\” and \”steady, strategic and tactical\” — before acknowledging that he doesn\’t have much of a handle on what President Obama\’s choice to fill a U.S. Supreme Court seat actually believes.