Navy Chaplain Selection Policy Upheld

[Friedman, Howard M.]

The U.S. District Court for DC yesterday upheld the Navy's chaplain selection policy over objections that non-liturgical Protestants were under-represented. In an interesting decision, it applied the more lenient Goldman v. Weinberger analysis to the chaplains' free exercise claim. More details on Religion Clause blog at 
http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2007/05/court-upholds-navy-chaplain-selection.html
 

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Howard M. Friedman 
Disting. Univ. Professor Emeritus
University of Toledo College of Law
Toledo, OH 43606-3390 
Phone: (419) 530-2911, FAX (419) 530-4732 
E-mail: howard.friedman at utoledo.edu 
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