Petitioners Ask U.S. High Court To Take Up Religion Clause Tort Claims Dispute

Mealey's (May 13, 2021, 11:03 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court has jurisdiction to decide how the First Amendment’s religion clause applies to tort claims, an issue on which courts are divided, a couple argues in a May 10 reply brief filed in support of their petition for a writ of certiorari, adding that their petition should be granted regardless of whether the court decides to grant review in another case concerning defamation, The North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, Inc. v. Will McRaney....