Showing posts with label scope of judicial review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scope of judicial review. Show all posts

Thursday, 16 January 2014

Governmental Contracting, Procedural Fairness and Fundamental Freedoms

As a general rule, governments cannot and should not be required to fund speech or activities with which they do not agree. An organization committed to perpetuating inequalities between men and women, or which decries homosexuality as sinful, can lawfully be shunned. But should such an organization, especially one which previously received government funding, be entitled to some procedural protections before a decision is made to refuse to contract with it on the basis of its speech or activities?