Tuesday, August 19, 2025

EEOC Highlights Its Actions to Protect Employees' Religious Freedom

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The EEOC yesterday issued a lengthy press release  titled  200 Days of EEOC Action to Protect Religious Freedom at Work. The Release says in...

9th Circuit: Oregon Religious Non-Discrimination Rule for Grantees Is Mostly Valid

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 In Youth 71Five Ministries v. Willliams ,  (9th Cir., Aug. 18, 2025), a Christian youth program sued after the Oregon Department of Educati...
Monday, August 18, 2025

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Erik Stanley, The Ministerial Exception and its Relationship to the First Amendment , (August 08, 2025). Ethan Caspian, The Eter...

9th Circuit Rejects Christian Day Care's Challenge to Licensing Requirement

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In Foothills Christian Ministries v. Johnson ,  (9th Cir., Aug. 14, 2025), Foothills, a Christian day care center, challenged a California l...
Friday, August 15, 2025

8th Circuit: Rejection of Prison Course on Manhood From Christian Biblical Lens Violated Volunteer's 1st Amendment Rights

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In Schmitt v. Robertus , (8th Cir., Aug. 14, 2025), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision held that Minnesota prison offic...

5th Circuit Allows San Antonio Park Development To Move Ahead Over Religious Objections of Lipan-Apache

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In Perez v. City of San Antonio ,  (5th Cir., Aug. 13, 2025), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision affirmed a trial court...

School Officials Lack Standing To Sue Advocacy Group For Interfering With Their Duties

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In Oklahoma State Department of Education v. Freedom From Religion Foundation ,  (ED OK, Aug. 13, 2025), Oklahoma education officials, in an...
Thursday, August 14, 2025

8th Circuit: Jury Should Decide If Anti-Abortion Facebook Posting Impacted Delivery of Public Services

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In Melton v. City of Forrest City, Arkansas , (8th Cir., Aug. 13, 2025), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court sh...

Contraceptive Mandate Religious and Moral Accommodation Rules Held Invalid

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In Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Trump ,  (ED PA, Aug. 13, 2025), a Pennsylvania federal district court invalidated two rules promulgated ...
Wednesday, August 13, 2025

DOJ Finds GW University Violated Title VI In Failing To Respond To Antisemitism

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In a letter dated Aug. 12 ( full text ), the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice notified George Washington University that D...
Tuesday, August 12, 2025

FBI Releases 2024 Hate Crime Data

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On August 5, the FBI released  2024 U.S. Hate Crime Statistics ( full text of report ). The Report discloses the 24.6% of the hate crime inc...

Denial of State Reimbursement for Religious Home School Material Does Not Violate 1st Amendment

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In Trakel v. Critchfield ,  (D ID, Aug. 6, 202), an Idaho federal district court rejected parents' claim that they are entitled to reimb...
Monday, August 11, 2025

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Bennett Lunn, De-Balkanizing Religious Discrimination: St. Isidore and the Social Cohesion Rationale , (August 01, 2025). Richar...

Court Again Upholds Idaho Law on School Restroom Use by Transgender Students

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In Sexuality and Gender Alliance v. Critchfield ,  (D ID, Aug. 7, 2025), an Idaho federal district court refused to issue a preliminary inju...