High Court Denies States’ Oral Argument Request In Ministerial Exception Cases

Mealey's (March 23, 2020, 1:07 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on March 23 denied a motion by Virginia and 16 other states seeking for leave to participate in oral arguments as amici curiae and for divided argument and granted a motion seeking the same by the solicitor general, both filed in two consolidated cases concerning the application of ministerial exception to the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to bias cases by two teachers against two Catholic schools (Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Agnes Morrissey-Berru, St. James School v. Darryl Biel, Nos. 19-267 & 19-348, U.S. Sup.)....

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