U.S. High Court Won’t Review Ministerial Exception Denial In Employment Bias Suit

(June 12, 2023, 11:47 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on June 12 denied a Christian school operator’s petition seeking a determination on whether the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution’s ministerial exception “should be understood as an immunity from judicial interference in church employment decisions” and whether it bars employment discrimination claims by a former employee who worked as a high school teacher and administrator/chaplain....