1、CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i UPDATE: Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Ministerial Exception to Antidiscrimination Laws Updated July 9, 2020 Update: The Supreme Court issued its opinion in Our Lady of Guadalupe on July 8, 2020, reversing
2、 the Ninth Circuit decisions and ruling that the First Amendment barred courts from hearing the teachers employment discrimination claims. Justice Alito, writing the majority opinion, stated that a “variety of factors” could determine whether a religious organizations employment decisions are consti
3、tutionally protected with respect to any given employee, clarifying that the specific factors noted in Hosanna-Tabor were not “inflexible requirements” or “checklist items to be assessed. . . in every case.” Although the teachers in the combined cases before the Court did not have the job title of “
4、minister,” the Court concluded that they nonetheless “performed vital religious duties” at the schools where they taught. In the Courts view, “educating young people in their faith, inculcating its teachings, and training them to live their faith are responsibilities that lie at the very core of the
