Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Thursday, January 15, 2026

Parents Seek Emergency Order from SCOTUS Reinstating Trial Court's Voiding of School Policy on Disclosure of Students' Gender Transition

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As previously reported , last December in Mirabelli v. Bonta,  a California federal district court held unconstitutional the policy of Calif...
Sunday, January 04, 2026

California's Law Combatting Antisemitism In Public Schools Survives Constitutional Challenge

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In Prichett v. Bonta ,  (ND CA, Dec. 31, 2026), a California federal district court refused to preliminarily enjoin enforcement of Californi...
Wednesday, December 24, 2025

California Policy Barring School's Disclosure of Student's Change in Gender Expression Is Unconstitutional

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In Mirabelli v. Olson ,  (SD CA, Dec. 22, 2025), a California federal district court held unconstitutional the policy of California school b...
Monday, December 22, 2025

Bagua Mirror on City Property Did Not Violate Establishment Clause

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In Ngo v. City of Westminster ,  (CD CA, Nov. 26, 2025), a California federal district court held that display of a Bagua Mirror on city pr...
Friday, December 05, 2025

Camping Ordinance Does Not Violate Free Exercise Rights of Homeless Resident

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In Hebbe v. City of Folsom , (ED CA, Dec. 3, 2025), plaintiff who is an unhoused resident of Folsom, California, challenges on numerous grou...
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Ministerial Exception Doctrine Does Not Bar Wage-and-Hour Claim

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In Lorenzo v. San Francisco Zen Center , (CA App., Nov. 21, 2025), a California state appellate court held that neither the ministerial exce...
Thursday, October 30, 2025

Broad Religious Statements Did Not Support Title VII Discrimination Claim

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 In Castaneda v. State of California Department of Motor Vehicles ,  (ED CA, Oct. 28, 2025), a DMV employee brought several federal and stat...
Friday, September 26, 2025

Mother Loses Free Exercise Challenge To Violence Against Women Act

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In United States v. Gaviola ,  (ED CA, Sept. 25, 2025), a California federal district court held that enforcement of 18 USC §2262(a)(2) doe...
Monday, September 15, 2025

California Legislature Passes Law Aimed at Combatting Antisemitism and Other Bias in Schools

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On September 12, the California legislature gave final passage to AB 715 ( full text ) which amends the state Education Code to create a st...
Friday, September 12, 2025

9th Circuit Upholds Requirement to Use Only Secular Curricular Materials in Charter School Home Instruction Programs

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In Woodlard v. Thurmond ,  (9th Cir., Sept. 11, 2025), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected First Amendment challenges to Californ...
Monday, September 01, 2025

State Office Violated Title VII by Refusing to Allow Jehovah's Witness to Attach Addendum to Required Employment Oath

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In Bolden-Hardge v. Office of the California State Controller ,  (ED CA, Aug. 29, 2025), a California federal district court, in a case on r...
Friday, August 29, 2025

Supreme Court Review Sought by California Baker

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A petition for certiorari  ( full text ) was filed this week in Miller v. Civil Rights Division,  (Sup. Ct., certiorari filed 8/26/2025) . ...
Tuesday, August 26, 2025

LA Sued Over Its handling of Permit Application for Christian Revival Event

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Suit was filed last week in a California federal district court by leaders of May Day USA, a nationwide Christian revival event, contending ...
Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Good News Clubs Must Have Equal Access to School Facilities

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In Child Evangelism Fellowship NorCal, Inc. v. Oakland Unified School District Board of Education ,  (ND CA, Aug. 15, 2025), a California fe...
Monday, August 18, 2025

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...
Tuesday, August 05, 2025

Challenge to Church's Switch in Denominations Fails

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In Wimber v. Scott , (CA App., July 30, 2025), a California state appellate court held that plaintiffs who were tithing congregants of a Pro...
Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Challenge To California's Investigation of Caste Discrimination Dismissed on Procedural Grounds

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In Hindu American Foundation, Inc. v. Kish , (ED CA, July 18, 2025), a California federal district court dismissed on various procedural gro...
Sunday, July 13, 2025

Justice Department Sues California Over Its Gender Identity Policy in School Sports

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Last week, the Department of Justice sued California, alleging that it violates Title IX by permitting transgender girls to compete in girls...
Monday, July 07, 2025

Section 1981 Suit Can Move Ahead Against Defendants Who Disrupted Jewish Religious Celebration

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Congregation Hazon Ovadya, Inc. v. Rabbinical Council of California , (CD CA, July 1, 2025), is a suit by a Sephardic Jewish synagogue again...
Wednesday, June 18, 2025

California May Proceed With False Advertising Charges Against Abortion Pill Reversal Promoters

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In Culture of Life Family Services, Inc. v. Bonta ,  (SD CA, June 13, 2025), a California federal district court refused to enter a prelimin...