In Law & Liberty, Richard W. Garnett writes about a recent United States Supreme Court case, Groff v. DeJoy, concerning freedom of religion. Garnett argues that accommodating religious beliefs is at the heart of the American experiment and that it’s a positive sign to see the court unanimously upholding the freedom to exercise religion in the workplace.
Where the Courts Just Aren’t Cricket
Judicial reforms in Britian will soon allow pre-sentencing reports for cases involving “an ethnic minority, cultural minority, and/or faith minority” offender. With these reports meant to argue for a reduction in punishment, Frank Haviland observes in The European Conservative that the unmistakable belief behind the move is that “only white men deserve to feel the full force of the law.” Welcome to two-tier justice, British-style.
