Petition of the day
By Kate Howard
on Sep 15, 2016
The petition of the day is:
16-210
Issue: Whether the First Amendment to the United States Constitution provides absolute immunity for defamatory statements made in a religious setting, even if the person defamed is not a member of the religious organization and even if the truth or falsity of the defamatory statement can be adjudicated without considering or interpreting religious doctrine.
Posted in Relist Watch
Cases: Pfeil v. St. Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession
Recommended Citation:
Kate Howard,
Petition of the day,
SCOTUSblog (Sep. 15, 2016, 12:00 AM),
https://www.scotusblog.com/2016/09/petition-of-the-day-989/