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Becket Law

December 18, 2023

Becket, also known as the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, is a non-profit public interest law firm[4] based in Washington, D.C., that describes its mission as "defending the freedom of religion of people of all faiths". Becket promotes accommodationism and is active in the judicial system, the media, and in education.[5]

Becket
Headquarters1900 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, D.C. 20006
No. of employees63 (2021)[1]
Major practice areasReligious freedom and other First Amendment cases
Key peopleMark Rienzi (president and CEO)
Revenue$11,216,379 (2021)[1]
Date founded1994[2][3][4]
FounderKevin Hasson[2][3][4]
Company typeNon-profit organization
Websitebecketlaw.org

History and leadership edit

The Becket Fund for Religious Freedom was founded in 1994 by Kevin Hasson, a lawyer who previously worked in the Reagan Administration Justice Department under Samuel Alito, then-Assistant Attorney General and current U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Subsequently, Hasson worked at the Washington law firm Williams & Connolly, where he became well-known and controversial for defending Catholic University's decision to fire Charles Curran for his opposition to Church doctrine despite his being a respected moral theologian.[6]

Hasson, who is Catholic, named The Becket Fund after Saint Thomas Becket, who was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170 during the reign of Henry II of England.[7] A long series of quarrels with King Henry ended with Becket's murder and martyrdom at Canterbury Cathedral in 1170.[7] His last words were an acceptance of death in defense of the church of Christ.[7]

In 2011, Hasson stepped down as president of Becket, making way for William P. Mumma, who has since served as the president and chairman of the board. Kristina Arriaga, who was the executive director of Becket starting in 2010 and a member of the firm since 1995,[8] is now a senior advisor to the board.[9] Montse Alvarado, who started with Becket in 2009, replaced Arriaga as executive director in 2017.[10][11] Mark Rienzi now serves as president and CEO of Becket.

In 2021, the law firm reported having 63 employees and revenue of about $11.2 million, up from $7.5 million in 2020.[1] In 2014, the law firm had eleven litigating attorneys, and an estimated budget of five million dollars. The firm operates as a non-profit.[4]

Mission and positions edit

The law firm's stated mission is to "protect the free expression of all religious traditions". The organization has indicated that it is their belief that "rights derive [...] not [from] the State, but a Source beyond the State's discretion."[12] The organization maintains that "freedom of religion is a basic human right that no government may lawfully deny; it is not a gift of the state, but instead is rooted in the inherent dignity of the human person". Becket also asserts that "[r]eligious people and institutions are entitled to participate in public life on an equal basis with everyone else."[13]

Supreme Court cases edit

Becket has served as counsel at the Supreme Court for eight religious freedom cases since 2012, starting with Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC (2012). In Hosanna-Tabor, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled (9-0) in favor of the ministerial exception doctrine for the first time, which exempts religious institutions from anti-discrimination laws in hiring its "ministers".[14]

They also served as counsel to the plaintiffs in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (2014)[15] in their fight to exempt themselves from having to pay for four different drugs and devices they deemed as abortifacients.[16] The court ruled 5–4 in favor of Hobby Lobby, asserting that family owned businesses have a right to operate in accordance with their conscience.[17][18]

Becket also litigated Holt v. Hobbs (2015) at the Supreme Court. A Muslim inmate in the Arkansas prison system wanted to grow a beard according to his faith. When he was denied his request he wrote a petition to the Supreme Court asking to hear his case.[19] The Court agreed to take on the case and Becket represented Holt, citing that the denial of the plaintiff's right to grow his beard according to his faith is a clear violation of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act. The Supreme Court would later unanimously rule in support of Holt.[20] Becket served as counsel to the Little Sisters of the Poor in Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania (2020).[21] That same term, Becket represented Our Lady of Guadalupe School in Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru (2020).[22]

The most recent case Becket litigated at the Supreme Court was Fulton v. City of Philadelphia (2021).[23] In a 9-0 ruling, the Court held that the City of Philadelphia could not refuse to contract with Catholic Social Services (CSS) because of CSS's rejection of same-sex couples as foster parents, a violation of the city's non-discrimination requirements.[24]

Becket has also filed petitions to the Supreme Court in two cases involving the United States Department of Health and Human Services' contraceptive mandate on employer-paid health insurance coverage of contraception, which had at the time been consolidated into Zubik v. Burwell, Little Sisters of the Poor v. Burwell,[25] and Houston Baptist University and East Baptist University v. Burwell.[26]

List of Supreme Court cases:

Other litigation activities edit

Becket has represented groups and persons from many different religious traditions; its founder, Kevin Hasson, claims that Becket defends the "religious rights of people from 'A to Z,' from Anglicans to Zoroastrians."[27] Previous clients also included the City of Cranston[28] in the attempt to preserve the Prayer Banner at Cranston High School West.[29]

In 1997, the Rigdon v. Perry case set a precedent that the military could not ban chaplains from following the directives of their religious leaders.[30]

In 2010, Becket represented Sacramento-area public school students who sought to continue reciting the current form of the Pledge of Allegiance (including the words "under God") in Newdow v. Carey, the second case brought by Michael Newdow seeking to remove the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance. Becket also represented intervenors in the challenge to the Pledge of Allegiance in Hanover, New Hampshire public schools.[31] Both cases were resolved in favor of the current Pledge language.

In 2012, Becket represented a mosque in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, that was denied the right to use its building by a local court after complaints that the mosque was promoting terrorism.[32] Becket has also litigated on behalf of prisoners who seek to continue following their beliefs in prison. Becket has sought to ensure that observant Jewish prisoners are provided with kosher food in every prison in the United States. In the case of Moussazadeh v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the right of a Jewish prisoner to receive kosher food in a Texas prison.[33][34]

From 2016 to 2019, Becket represented Lehigh County, Pennsylvania when it was sued by the Madison, Wisconsin based atheist advocacy organization Freedom From Religion Foundation for having a cross on its County seal and flag. Edward G. Smith, a federal judge with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, citing the 1971 case of Lemon v. Kurtzman ruled that the addition of a cross on the County's seal was unconstitutional in 2017, but the County appealed the decision. In 2019 the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia, citing American Legion v. American Humanist Association, a ruling earlier that year, ruled that the presence of a cross in the County seal did not violate the constitution since it commemorated the history of Lehigh County.[35][36][37]

Since 2022, the firm represents Yeshiva University, a Modern Orthodox Jewish university in New York City, in a case where undergraduate students sued the university for refusing to recognize an LGBTQ student group.[38] A New York court ruled that the university must recognize the undergraduate Pride Alliance in June, 2022; the university appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court in an attempt to block the ruling in August 2022.[39]

Another significant area of litigation for Becket has been land use by religious organizations. Becket brought the first case under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, and has been involved with such litigation throughout the United States.[40]

While Becket typically litigates in favor of religious liberty claims, it occasionally intervenes in favor of the state to oppose free exercise challenges. One example came when Jewish plaintiffs challenged Indiana's restrictive abortion statutes after Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, claiming that Indiana's laws limiting abortion infringed on Jewish religious belief (which the plaintiffs contended require that abortion be available in most or all situations). In contrast to their normally broad defense of religious liberty claimants, Becket here argued that the Jewish plaintiffs, who had won a preliminary challenge in lower court, were "insincere" in their stated religious beliefs and that even if their religious beliefs were sincere Indiana was justified in overriding them to protect "innocent life".[41]

International activities edit

Becket has represented Muslim clients in the European Court of Human Rights, and assisted in pre-litigation and litigation in Europe, Asia, and Australia.[42]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "IRS form 990". ProPublica. Internal Revenue Service. 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Becket Fund law firm gaining a reputation as powerhouse after Hobby Lobby win". Washington Post.
  3. ^ a b Boorstein, Michelle (2014-06-30). "Founder of Hobby Lobby's law firm pioneered debate over religious freedom". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  4. ^ a b c d Dias, Elizabeth. "Meet the Lawyers Fighting for Religious Freedom Today Before the Supreme Court". Time. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  5. ^ Banks, Christopher P.; Blakeman, John C. (13 July 2012). The U.S. Supreme Court and New Federalism: From the Rehnquist to the Roberts Court. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 176. ISBN 9781442218581.
  6. ^ Crane, Anita. . Celebrate Life Magazine. American Life League. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  7. ^ a b c "Saint Thomas Becket | Biography, Death, & Significance". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  8. ^ "Our Staff". Becket. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  9. ^ "Kristina Arriaga - Becket". Becket. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  10. ^ "Montse Alvarado - Becket". Becket. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  11. ^ Varadarajan, Tunku (2017-07-28). "'God's ACLU' Seeks Freedom for the Faithful". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  12. ^ . Becket Fund for Religious Freedom. 2015. Archived from the original on 11 March 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  13. ^ "Our Mission". New York: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
  14. ^ "Editorial: Supreme Court got it right on church hiring". Los Angeles Times. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  15. ^ Bratek, Rebecca. "Becket Fund law firm gaining a reputation as powerhouse after Hobby Lobby win". The Washington Post. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  16. ^ Gunter, Jen. "The Medical Facts About Birth Control and Hobby Lobby—From an OB/GYN". New Republic. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  17. ^ Mears, Bill (30 June 2014). "Supreme Court rules against Obama in contraception case". CNN. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  18. ^ Thomson-DeVeaux, Amelia (18 June 2014). "The Little-Known Force Behind the Hobby Lobby Contraception Case". American Prospect Longform. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  19. ^ . Archived from the original on 2015-09-20. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
  20. ^ Ariane de Vogue (20 January 2015). "Supreme Court backs beards in prison - CNNPolitics". CNN. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  21. ^ "Little Sisters of the Poor v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania". Becket.
  22. ^ "Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru".
  23. ^ https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/19-123_g3bi.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  24. ^ https://www.oyez.org/cases/2020/19-123[bare URL]
  25. ^ Winters, Michael Sean (16 July 2015). "The Becket Fund, not the Little Sisters, Lose". ncr.com. National Catholic reporter. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  26. ^ Millhiser, Ian. "Deeply Conservative Judge Rules Against Religious Employers, Affirms Right To Birth Control". Think Progress. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  27. ^ Thomson-DeVeaux, Amelia (5 October 2014). "God's Rottweilers: Meet the small nonprofit law firm that's reshaping American politics". Politico. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  28. ^ . Archived from the original on 2011-12-10. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
  29. ^ Lowney, Brian J. (May 19, 2011). "ACLU files suit challenging prayer banner". National Catholic Reporter. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  30. ^ [Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy Spring 2001 Articles & Essays
    • 573 RELIGION, THE PUBLIC SQUARE, AND THE PRESIDENCY
    Eric W. Treene [FNa1] Copyright (c) 2001 Harvard Society for Law and Public Policy, Inc.; Eric W. Treene, p. 15-16]
  31. ^ . United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Archived from the original on 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  32. ^ Severson, Kim (2012-07-18). "Judge allows Muslims to use Tennessee mosque". New York Times. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  33. ^ Chammah, Maurice (September 28, 2012). "Inmate Lawsuit Over Kosher Food to Get Appeals Court Hearing". Texas Tribune. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  34. ^ Clarke, Matt (March 6, 2018). "Texas State Prisoners Fight for Access to Kosher Meals". Prison Legal News. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  35. ^ Parke, Caleb (8 August 2019). "Appeals court rules Pennsylvania county can keep cross on its seal". Fox News. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  36. ^ Hall, Peter (7 September 2018). "Lehigh County tells appeals court cross on county seal is historical, not religious". The Morning Call. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  37. ^ "Freedom From Religion Foundation v. Lehigh County". Becket Law. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  38. ^ de Vogue, Ariane (August 29, 2022). "Yeshiva University asks Supreme Court to let it block LGBTQ student club". CNN. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  39. ^ Kovac, Adam (August 30, 2022). "As Yeshiva University fights to block LGBTQ group, not all its grad schools are on board". Forward. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  40. ^ "Supreme Court denies Boulder County's request to weigh in on church expansion". Boulder Daily Camera. 10 January 2011. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  41. ^ "Proposed Amicus Curiae Brief of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty in Support of Appellants," Medical Licensing Board of Indiana v. Anonymous Plaintiff 1, https://becketnewsite.s3.amazonaws.com/20230118184008/Individual-Members-v.-Anonymous-Planitiff-Amicus-Brief.pdf
  42. ^ Helsinki Commission Briefing

External links edit

  • Official website

December 18, 2023
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Becket also known as the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty is a non profit public interest law firm 4 based in Washington D C that describes its mission as defending the freedom of religion of people of all faiths Becket promotes accommodationism and is active in the judicial system the media and in education 5 BecketHeadquarters1900 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington D C 20006No of employees63 2021 1 Major practice areasReligious freedom and other First Amendment casesKey peopleMark Rienzi president and CEO Revenue 11 216 379 2021 1 Date founded1994 2 3 4 FounderKevin Hasson 2 3 4 Company typeNon profit organizationWebsitebecketlaw wbr org Contents 1 History and leadership 2 Mission and positions 3 Supreme Court cases 4 Other litigation activities 5 International activities 6 References 7 External linksHistory and leadership editThe Becket Fund for Religious Freedom was founded in 1994 by Kevin Hasson a lawyer who previously worked in the Reagan Administration Justice Department under Samuel Alito then Assistant Attorney General and current U S Supreme Court Justice Subsequently Hasson worked at the Washington law firm Williams amp Connolly where he became well known and controversial for defending Catholic University s decision to fire Charles Curran for his opposition to Church doctrine despite his being a respected moral theologian 6 Hasson who is Catholic named The Becket Fund after Saint Thomas Becket who was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170 during the reign of Henry II of England 7 A long series of quarrels with King Henry ended with Becket s murder and martyrdom at Canterbury Cathedral in 1170 7 His last words were an acceptance of death in defense of the church of Christ 7 In 2011 Hasson stepped down as president of Becket making way for William P Mumma who has since served as the president and chairman of the board Kristina Arriaga who was the executive director of Becket starting in 2010 and a member of the firm since 1995 8 is now a senior advisor to the board 9 Montse Alvarado who started with Becket in 2009 replaced Arriaga as executive director in 2017 10 11 Mark Rienzi now serves as president and CEO of Becket In 2021 the law firm reported having 63 employees and revenue of about 11 2 million up from 7 5 million in 2020 1 In 2014 the law firm had eleven litigating attorneys and an estimated budget of five million dollars The firm operates as a non profit 4 Mission and positions editThe law firm s stated mission is to protect the free expression of all religious traditions The organization has indicated that it is their belief that rights derive not from the State but a Source beyond the State s discretion 12 The organization maintains that freedom of religion is a basic human right that no government may lawfully deny it is not a gift of the state but instead is rooted in the inherent dignity of the human person Becket also asserts that r eligious people and institutions are entitled to participate in public life on an equal basis with everyone else 13 Supreme Court cases editBecket has served as counsel at the Supreme Court for eight religious freedom cases since 2012 starting with Hosanna Tabor v EEOC 2012 In Hosanna Tabor the Supreme Court unanimously ruled 9 0 in favor of the ministerial exception doctrine for the first time which exempts religious institutions from anti discrimination laws in hiring its ministers 14 They also served as counsel to the plaintiffs in Burwell v Hobby Lobby Stores Inc 2014 15 in their fight to exempt themselves from having to pay for four different drugs and devices they deemed as abortifacients 16 The court ruled 5 4 in favor of Hobby Lobby asserting that family owned businesses have a right to operate in accordance with their conscience 17 18 Becket also litigated Holt v Hobbs 2015 at the Supreme Court A Muslim inmate in the Arkansas prison system wanted to grow a beard according to his faith When he was denied his request he wrote a petition to the Supreme Court asking to hear his case 19 The Court agreed to take on the case and Becket represented Holt citing that the denial of the plaintiff s right to grow his beard according to his faith is a clear violation of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act The Supreme Court would later unanimously rule in support of Holt 20 Becket served as counsel to the Little Sisters of the Poor in Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v Pennsylvania 2020 21 That same term Becket represented Our Lady of Guadalupe School in Our Lady of Guadalupe School v Morrissey Berru 2020 22 The most recent case Becket litigated at the Supreme Court was Fulton v City of Philadelphia 2021 23 In a 9 0 ruling the Court held that the City of Philadelphia could not refuse to contract with Catholic Social Services CSS because of CSS s rejection of same sex couples as foster parents a violation of the city s non discrimination requirements 24 Becket has also filed petitions to the Supreme Court in two cases involving the United States Department of Health and Human Services contraceptive mandate on employer paid health insurance coverage of contraception which had at the time been consolidated into Zubik v Burwell Little Sisters of the Poor v Burwell 25 and Houston Baptist University and East Baptist University v Burwell 26 List of Supreme Court cases Hosanna Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church amp School v Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 565 U S 171 2012 McCullen v Coakley 573 U S 464 2014 Burwell v Hobby Lobby Stores Inc 573 U S 682 2014 Holt v Hobbs 574 U S 352 2015 Zubik v Burwell No 14 1418 578 U S 2016 Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v Pennsylvania No 19 431 591 U S 2020 Our Lady of Guadalupe School v Morrissey Berru No 19 267 591 U S 2020 Fulton v City of Philadelphia No 19 123 593 U S 2021 Other litigation activities editBecket has represented groups and persons from many different religious traditions its founder Kevin Hasson claims that Becket defends the religious rights of people from A to Z from Anglicans to Zoroastrians 27 Previous clients also included the City of Cranston 28 in the attempt to preserve the Prayer Banner at Cranston High School West 29 In 1997 the Rigdon v Perry case set a precedent that the military could not ban chaplains from following the directives of their religious leaders 30 In 2010 Becket represented Sacramento area public school students who sought to continue reciting the current form of the Pledge of Allegiance including the words under God in Newdow v Carey the second case brought by Michael Newdow seeking to remove the words under God from the Pledge of Allegiance Becket also represented intervenors in the challenge to the Pledge of Allegiance in Hanover New Hampshire public schools 31 Both cases were resolved in favor of the current Pledge language In 2012 Becket represented a mosque in Murfreesboro Tennessee that was denied the right to use its building by a local court after complaints that the mosque was promoting terrorism 32 Becket has also litigated on behalf of prisoners who seek to continue following their beliefs in prison Becket has sought to ensure that observant Jewish prisoners are provided with kosher food in every prison in the United States In the case of Moussazadeh v Texas Department of Criminal Justice the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the right of a Jewish prisoner to receive kosher food in a Texas prison 33 34 From 2016 to 2019 Becket represented Lehigh County Pennsylvania when it was sued by the Madison Wisconsin based atheist advocacy organization Freedom From Religion Foundation for having a cross on its County seal and flag Edward G Smith a federal judge with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia citing the 1971 case of Lemon v Kurtzman ruled that the addition of a cross on the County s seal was unconstitutional in 2017 but the County appealed the decision In 2019 the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia citing American Legion v American Humanist Association a ruling earlier that year ruled that the presence of a cross in the County seal did not violate the constitution since it commemorated the history of Lehigh County 35 36 37 Since 2022 the firm represents Yeshiva University a Modern Orthodox Jewish university in New York City in a case where undergraduate students sued the university for refusing to recognize an LGBTQ student group 38 A New York court ruled that the university must recognize the undergraduate Pride Alliance in June 2022 the university appealed to the U S Supreme Court in an attempt to block the ruling in August 2022 39 Another significant area of litigation for Becket has been land use by religious organizations Becket brought the first case under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act and has been involved with such litigation throughout the United States 40 While Becket typically litigates in favor of religious liberty claims it occasionally intervenes in favor of the state to oppose free exercise challenges One example came when Jewish plaintiffs challenged Indiana s restrictive abortion statutes after Dobbs v Jackson Women s Health Organization claiming that Indiana s laws limiting abortion infringed on Jewish religious belief which the plaintiffs contended require that abortion be available in most or all situations In contrast to their normally broad defense of religious liberty claimants Becket here argued that the Jewish plaintiffs who had won a preliminary challenge in lower court were insincere in their stated religious beliefs and that even if their religious beliefs were sincere Indiana was justified in overriding them to protect innocent life 41 International activities editBecket has represented Muslim clients in the European Court of Human Rights and assisted in pre litigation and litigation in Europe Asia and Australia 42 References edit a b c IRS form 990 ProPublica Internal Revenue Service 2021 Retrieved September 1 2022 a b Becket Fund law firm gaining a reputation as powerhouse after Hobby Lobby win Washington Post a b Boorstein Michelle 2014 06 30 Founder of Hobby Lobby s law firm pioneered debate over religious freedom Washington Post ISSN 0190 8286 Retrieved 2020 06 10 a b c d Dias Elizabeth Meet the Lawyers Fighting for Religious Freedom Today Before the Supreme Court Time Retrieved 2020 06 10 Banks Christopher P Blakeman John C 13 July 2012 The U S Supreme Court and New Federalism From the Rehnquist to the Roberts Court Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers p 176 ISBN 9781442218581 Crane Anita Kevin Hasson on the right to life and religious liberty Celebrate Life Magazine American Life League Archived from the original on 2 September 2014 Retrieved 19 September 2015 a b c Saint Thomas Becket Biography Death amp Significance Encyclopedia Britannica Retrieved 2019 05 09 Our Staff Becket Retrieved 2019 05 09 Kristina Arriaga Becket Becket Retrieved 2018 04 13 Montse Alvarado Becket Becket Retrieved 2018 04 13 Varadarajan Tunku 2017 07 28 God s ACLU Seeks Freedom for the Faithful Wall Street Journal ISSN 0099 9660 Retrieved 2018 04 13 Top Ten Victories in Becket Fund History Becket Fund for Religious Freedom 2015 Archived from the original on 11 March 2015 Retrieved August 31 2022 Our Mission New York The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty 2011 Retrieved 2011 06 09 Editorial Supreme Court got it right on church hiring Los Angeles Times 13 January 2012 Retrieved 19 September 2015 Bratek Rebecca Becket Fund law firm gaining a reputation as powerhouse after Hobby Lobby win The Washington Post Retrieved 19 September 2015 Gunter Jen The Medical Facts About Birth Control and Hobby Lobby From an OB GYN New Republic Retrieved 19 September 2015 Mears Bill 30 June 2014 Supreme Court rules against Obama in contraception case CNN Retrieved 19 September 2015 Thomson DeVeaux Amelia 18 June 2014 The Little Known Force Behind the Hobby Lobby Contraception Case American Prospect Longform Retrieved 19 September 2015 Right to grow a beard SCOTUS grants very rare approval to hear a prisoner s case Corner of Church and State Archived from the original on 2015 09 20 Retrieved 2015 08 19 Ariane de Vogue 20 January 2015 Supreme Court backs beards in prison CNNPolitics CNN Retrieved 2019 05 09 Little Sisters of the Poor v Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Becket Our Lady of Guadalupe School v Morrissey Berru https www supremecourt gov opinions 20pdf 19 123 g3bi pdf bare URL PDF https www oyez org cases 2020 19 123 bare URL Winters Michael Sean 16 July 2015 The Becket Fund not the Little Sisters Lose ncr com National Catholic reporter Retrieved 19 September 2015 Millhiser Ian Deeply Conservative Judge Rules Against Religious Employers Affirms Right To Birth Control Think Progress Retrieved 19 September 2015 Thomson DeVeaux Amelia 5 October 2014 God s Rottweilers Meet the small nonprofit law firm that s reshaping American politics Politico Retrieved 19 September 2015 Ahlquist v City of Cranston Rhode Island 2011 present Archived from the original on 2011 12 10 Retrieved 2012 01 13 Lowney Brian J May 19 2011 ACLU files suit challenging prayer banner National Catholic Reporter Retrieved November 24 2023 Harvard Journal of Law amp Public Policy Spring 2001 Articles amp Essays 573 RELIGION THE PUBLIC SQUARE AND THE PRESIDENCY Eric W Treene FNa1 Copyright c 2001 Harvard Society for Law and Public Policy Inc Eric W Treene p 15 16 Freedom From Religion Foundation v Hanover Public Schools United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Archived from the original on 2012 07 25 Retrieved 2012 08 01 Severson Kim 2012 07 18 Judge allows Muslims to use Tennessee mosque New York Times Retrieved 2012 08 01 Chammah Maurice September 28 2012 Inmate Lawsuit Over Kosher Food to Get Appeals Court Hearing Texas Tribune Retrieved 21 June 2019 Clarke Matt March 6 2018 Texas State Prisoners Fight for Access to Kosher Meals Prison Legal News Retrieved 21 June 2019 Parke Caleb 8 August 2019 Appeals court rules Pennsylvania county can keep cross on its seal Fox News Retrieved 6 March 2023 Hall Peter 7 September 2018 Lehigh County tells appeals court cross on county seal is historical not religious The Morning Call Retrieved 6 March 2023 Freedom From Religion Foundation v Lehigh County Becket Law Retrieved 6 March 2023 de Vogue Ariane August 29 2022 Yeshiva University asks Supreme Court to let it block LGBTQ student club CNN Retrieved August 31 2022 Kovac Adam August 30 2022 As Yeshiva University fights to block LGBTQ group not all its grad schools are on board Forward Retrieved August 31 2022 Supreme Court denies Boulder County s request to weigh in on church expansion Boulder Daily Camera 10 January 2011 Retrieved 2012 08 01 Proposed Amicus Curiae Brief of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty in Support of Appellants Medical Licensing Board of Indiana v Anonymous Plaintiff 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