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Top Court's Ruling in School Case Skirts Bigger Issue

(June 29) -- The Supreme Court has decided a California law school can deny university recognition to a campus club that bars non-Christians from its membership. But the ruling still hasn't settled the larger issue of how far colleges can go in pressing student groups not to discriminate. Many public universities have...

Justices Spar Over Case of Religious Campus Group

WASHINGTON (April 19) -- A California law school's mandate that its campus groups must admit anyone -- including atheists -- into the leadership of a Christian society provoked a lively argument in the Supreme Court today as the justices weighed whether the policy was constitutional or just plain "weird." The hour of...

Campus Faith Group Takes Fight to Supreme Court

(April 18) -- The Supreme Court on Monday will take up a case that pits anti-discrimination efforts against freedom of speech, setting the stage for a ruling with the potential to affect everything from how government contracts are issued to who can join high school after-school groups. The case, Christian Legal Society...