Supreme Court Justice (nominated by Pres. George W. Bush 2005)
Supports employer right to promote without fully explaining
[In an opinion about a case about a hotel's promotion practices being based on pretexts, Alito concluded that] one "might think the hotel's stated reasons for promoting someone else are weak, but that this isn't enough to show they were pretextual."
Source: thinkprogress.org
Nov 1, 2005
Employers must accommodate religious beliefs, within reason
Case Summary: Shelton v. Univ. of Medicine and Dentistry (3d Circuit 2000)
Employee?s decision to refuse her employer?s efforts to accommodate her religious beliefs and practices opposing abortion was unjustified, warranting
her termination. Alito joined the majority opinion. -- Court upholds employee?s termination, rejecting First Amendment claims.
Source: FindLaw.com Case Summaries
Aug 10, 2000
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