Civil libertarians have objected to the more aggressive interpretation of the exception to the Miranda rule, which protects the Constitutional right against involuntary self-incrimination.
"A new and narrow interpretation of the ministerial exception is certainly possible," Lupu added.
Lupu said he'll be watching the court's three female justices, who he says are not likely to favor a broad interpretation of the ministerial exception because it could adversely affect the many women who teach at religious schools.
By then, the Justice Department had sent the F.B.I. a policy memo urging agents, when questioning "operational terrorists," to use a broad interpretation of the public safety exception.
Obama administration officials said the warnings had not prevented interrogators from gaining intelligence from such suspects, and the F.B.I. director, Robert S. Mueller III, testified in July 2010 that agents were already using a broad interpretation of the public safety exception to the Miranda rule in terrorism cases.
To recap, two weeks ago the judge issued an interpretation of the "shared space" exception to New York's short-term rental restrictions, which found that Warren was in the wrong for making a room in his apartment available for rent on Airbnb.
This, too, required interpretation, and forced the company to create a non-exhaustive list of exceptions ("educational, newsworthy, artistic, satire, documentary").
That permission, however, was contingent on a promise by state election officials to use an "extremely broad interpretation" of a provision that will make exceptions for voters who lack photo ID cards, allowing them to cast ballots as long as they give a reason for not having obtained one.
Pickard confirmed that the recommended legislation is in line with and does not go beyond the UK legal interpretation of the CCM -- with one exception: UK personnel, even if embedded in non-State Parties' armed forces, will be prohibited from firing cluster munitions.
Customarily, the court has supported a broad interpretation of federal patent law, but with key exceptions for inventions based on mathematical algorithms and products of nature.
