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DYS: The Nation’s Second-Highest Court Preserves Religious Liberty

Jeremy Dys
DYS: The Nation’s Second-Highest Court Preserves Religious Liberty
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The reach of the First Amendment is extensive in securing the religious liberty of individuals and organizations, including colleges and universities.

This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its decision in Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit v. NLRB. When Duquesne refused to bargain with a group of adjunct faculty seeking to unionize, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) stepped in, recommending that the union be certified. But, in a decision authored by Judge Thomas B. Griffith, the D.C. Circuit rejected the NLRB’s jurisdiction over the Catholic university.

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