Supreme Court debates church and state boundary in fired teacher’s case

Few issues test Supreme Court justices like trying to find the proper boundary between church and state. And that difficulty was again on display Wednesday as they considered whether a former teacher at a church school could pursue her claim that she was fired after becoming ill.

Only Justice Antonin Scalia seemed completely sure of the answer, repeatedly taking the position that a church's personnel decisions about those who serve in ministerial positions are off limits to government inquiry.

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Patricia Sullivan 06 Oct, 2011

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