American Islamic Congress, Coalition of African American Pastors, National Council of Young Israel, et al.
Amici Curiae
Douglas Laycock, Counsel of Record The parties in this brief are seven religious groups representing Christian, Islamic, Jewish, and Sikh faiths. Douglas Laycock is a professor at the University of Michigan Law School, where he specializes in freedom of religion law. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on February 4, 2010. Hastings College of the Law refuses to recognize the Christian Legal Society (CLS) as a student organization so long as CLS requires its voting members to adhere to the organization’s core beliefs. Hastings thereby violates CLS’s…