<Li> Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, 400 F. Supp . 2d 707 (M.D. Pa. 2005) Teaching intelligent design in public school biology classes violates the Establishment Clause because intelligent design is not science, and it "cannot uncouple itself from its creationist, and thus religious, antecedents ." </Li> <Li> Hosanna - Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 565 U.S. ___ (2012) Ministers cannot sue their churches by claiming termination in violation of employment non-discrimination laws . The Establishment Clause forbids the appointing of ministers by the government; therefore, it cannot interfere with the freedom of religious groups to select their own ministers under the Free Exercise Clause . </Li> <Li> Town of Greece v. Galloway, 572 U.S. ___ (2014) A town council's practice of opening its sessions with a sectarian prayer does not violate the Establishment Clause . </Li> <Li> Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 573 U.S. ___ (2014) Closely held, for - profit corporations have free exercise rights under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 . As applied to such corporations, the requirement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that employers provide their female employees with no - cost access to contraception violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act . </Li>

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