NJ Boy Scout Case

[JMH ACLJ]

 Vance Koven wriote:

<<Was there any indication in the opinion whether the Scounts had asserted a
First/Fourteenth Amendment associational right?>>

To which, Eugene Volokh responded,

<< Yes, they did; the court rejected it on Roberts v. Jaycees grounds.>>

Wasn't there rather direct evidence of the nexus between participation in the
Jaycees and economic advantage?  As in, being a Jaycees doesn't merely train
you for success, it provides you with the business contacts essential to
advancement?

In that case, of course, the Boy Scouts should kiss the hem of the NJ court's
garments for the backhanded compliment?

Suppose that it can be proved that membership in the Knights of Columbus or
whatever might be the high episcopal equivalent (ha, ha, ha) thereof, or of
the local Reform Synagogue does the trick for business advancement in a
particular community?

Jim Henderson
Senior Counsel
ACLJ