Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Sunday, August 25, 2024

Knights of Columbus May Move Ahead with Suit for Denial of Permit for Christmas Program

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 In Knights of Columbus Council 2616 v. Town of Fairfield ,  (D CT, Aug. 22, 2024), a Connecticut federal district court allowed the Knights...
Tuesday, June 18, 2024

9th Circuit: Homeowner's Intrusive Christmas Display at Center of Fragmented Decision on Fair Housing Act Claims

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 In Morris v. West Hayden Estates First Addition Homeowners Association, Inc. ,  (9th Cir., June 17, 2024), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Ap...
Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Texas Must Pay FFRF $346K Attorneys' Fees by August 5

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  Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. Abbott ,  (WD TX, June 5, 2024), is an opinion and order requiring the state of Texas to pay Fre...
Monday, July 31, 2023

New Ukrainian Law Moves Christmas To EDec. 25, Rejecting Russian Orthodox Date

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  AP reports that last Friday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a law that moves the date on which Ukraine will celebrate Chr...
Friday, December 23, 2022

President Biden Delivers Christmas Address

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Yesterday President Biden delivered his Christmas Address to the Nation ( full text ). He said in part: And we look to the sky, to a lone st...
Monday, December 13, 2021

Mom Loses Attempt To Display Menorah At PTA Tree Lighting Ceremony

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In Lyons v. Carmel Unified School District ,  (ND CA, Dec. 10, 2021), a California federal district court denied a temporary restraining ord...
Thursday, December 09, 2021

School District Sued For Favoring Christian Cultural and Speech Activities

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Suit was filed this week in a California federal district court alleging that a California school district has given preference to Christian...
Friday, December 25, 2020

President and First Lady Issue Christmas Greetings Via Video

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President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump issued Christmas greetings in a video posted to the President's Twitter account yesterday.
Thursday, December 17, 2020

DC Archdiocese Seeks Liberalized Capacity Rules For Its Churches

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Last week, the Catholic Diocese of Washington, D.C. sued in federal district court challenging D.C.'s COVID-related 50-person cap on rel...
Saturday, December 12, 2020

Court Refuses To Enjoin City's Holiday Display Policy

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In  Knights of Columbus Star of the Sea Council 7297 v. City of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware ,  (D DE, Dec. 11, 2020), a Delaware federal distri...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Suit Challenges City's Ban On Religious Christmas Displays On Public Property

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The Knights of Columbus filed suit in a Delaware federal district court yesterday challenging Rehoboth Beach's policy adopted in 2018 of...
Monday, April 06, 2020

Supreme Court Denies Review In Bus Ad Case

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The U.S. Supreme Court today denied certiorari in Archdiocese of Washington v. Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority, (Docket No. 18-145...
Monday, December 30, 2019

Suit Challenges Postal Service's Rules On Content of Customized Stamps

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Suit was filed earlier this month in a Texas federal district court challenging the constitutionality of a portion of the U.S. Postal Servic...
Wednesday, December 25, 2019

President Sends Christmas Greetings

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The White House today posted President Trump's Message on Christmas. ( full text ).  He said in part: While the challenges that face o...
Tuesday, August 13, 2019

White House Already Planning For Christmas

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The White House issued a press release yesterday announcing that planning for the 2019 Christmas season is already under way at the White H...
Thursday, April 11, 2019

Judge Overrules Jury Saying No Religious Discrimination By Homeowners Association Was Shown

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In Morris v. West Hayden Estates First Addition Homeowners Association, Inc. ,  (D ID, April 4, 2019), an Idaho federal district judge enjoi...
Thursday, December 27, 2018

DC Circuit Denies En Banc Review In Bus Ad Case

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Last Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, by a vote of 7-2, denied an en banc  rehearing in Archdiocese of Washington v....
Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Christmas and the Trump White House

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Today is Christmas. Vogue  last week published an analysis of this year's White House Christmas Portrait. Meanwhile the White House webs...
Thursday, November 29, 2018

White House Christmas Decorations Unveiled

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On Monday the White House issued a press release and accompanying video on the this year's White House Christmas decorations which refl...
Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Jury Awards $75,000 To Couple Whose Christmas Program Was Opposed By Homeowners Association

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The Spokane Spokesman-Review reports that a federal court jury in Idaho last month awarded $60,000 in compensatory damages and $15,000 in ...