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On March 5, 2021, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC)
ruled in
DeWeese-Boyd v. Gordon College, et.
al. that an associate professor at a private, Christian
liberal arts college did not constitute a ministerial employee and
could pursue claims against the college under various Massachusetts
anti-discrimination laws. The decision has far-reaching
implications for religious employers in Massachusetts, as the SJC
significantly narrowed the application of the so-called ministerial
exception to Massachusetts anti-discrimination laws and clarified
that not all educators at religious institutions qualify as
ministers under the law.
In
DeWeese-Boyd, the plaintiff, a tenured
Associate Professor at Gordon College (the College ),
alleged that the College discriminated against her on the basis of
If you are an employee of a religious institution, most likely you are still protected by the laws against discrimination – unless you fall within the ministerial exception. It is anticipated that SCOTUS is not done with the balancing of religious freedom and civil rights.
For centuries, the world has witnessed the development and use of increasingly complex and powerful military systems and technologies. In the process, the art of war has truly become the art of combined arms warfare, in which infantry, artillery, air support, intelligence, and other key elements are all coordinated for maximum effect. Nowhere has this trend been more visible than in the history of twentieth-century warfare. This title covers among other things Desert Storm, the war in Chechnya, and the rise of smart weapons and related technologies. It traces the evolution of tactics, weapons, and organization in five major militaries, American, British, German, Russian, and French, over 100 years of warfare. Revealing both continuities and contrasts within and between these fighting forces, he also provides illuminating glimpses of Israeli and Japanese contributions to combined arms doctrine. Expanding his analysis of the world wars and the wars in Korea and Vietnam, House a
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