U.S. High Court Agrees To Take Up 2 Ministerial Exception Appeals

Mealey's (December 18, 2019, 10:36 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court  on Dec. 18 granted petitions in two cases seeking clarification of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution’s “ministerial exception” as applied to age and disability bias lawsuits, consolidated them and granted a total of one hour for oral argument (St. James School v. Darryl Biel, No. 19-348; Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Agnes Morrissey-Berru, No. 19-267, U.S. Sup.)....