Welch v. Brown
Petition for certiorari denied on May 1, 2017
Issues: (1) Whether a state may bar ministers from inculcating or encouraging certain religious values in youth, when those ministers are also licensed by the state as mental health providers; (2) whether repeated references by a legislature to religious motivations, prayer, spiritual interventions, and religious conversion as a cause for governmental concern are of no religion clause significance, so long as the legislature identifies an additional secular concern; (3) whether facial neutrality shields from strict scrutiny a regulation that directly or indirectly restricts religious practices; and (4) whether minors' rights to privacy, autonomy and self-definition are violated by a state's determination that they may only seek to reduce same-sex attraction on their own or with the assistance of unlicensed individuals, and they may not seek professional help to do so.
Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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Jan 3 2017 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 6, 2017) |
Jan 18 2017 | Waiver of right of respondents Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Governor of California, et al. to respond filed. |
Jan 25 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 17, 2017. |
Jan 31 2017 | Response Requested . (Due March 2, 2017) |
Mar 2 2017 | Brief of respondents Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Governor of California, et al. in opposition filed. |
Mar 2 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Americans for Truth about Homosexuality, et al. filed. |
Mar 22 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 13, 2017. |
Apr 11 2017 | Rescheduled. |
Apr 17 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 21, 2017. |
Apr 19 2017 | Rescheduled. |
Apr 24 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 28, 2017. |
May 1 2017 | Petition DENIED. |