Showing posts with label Courts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Courts. Show all posts
Thursday, September 28, 2023

Michigan Supreme Court Adopts New Rule Requiring Use of Preferred Pronouns, or Respectful Alternative

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In Amendment of Rule 1.109 of the Michigan Court Rules ,  (MI Sup. Ct., Sept. 27, 2023), the Michigan Supreme Court by a vote of 5-2 adopted...
Friday, September 30, 2022

Courtroom Invocations Did Not Violate Establishment Clause [UPDATED]

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In Freedom From Religion Foundation v. Mack ,  (5th Cir., Sept. 29, 2022), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals held that a program devised...
Friday, April 08, 2022

5th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In Texas Courtroom Prayer Case

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On Tuesday, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Freedom From Religion Foundation v. Mack.  ( Audio of full oral ar...
Tuesday, July 13, 2021

5th Circuit: Courtroom Invocations Do Not Violate Establishment Clause

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In Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. Mack ,  (5th Cir., July 9, 2021), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay pending ...
Thursday, January 24, 2019

Suit Over Forced Removal of Hijab To Enter Courthouse Is Dismissed

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In Elqutt v. Regalado,  (ND OK, Jan. 22, 2019), an Oklahoma federal district court dismissed without prejudice a suit by a Muslim woman who ...
Thursday, July 19, 2018

Australian Court Bans Niqab In Spectator's Gallery

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In Australia, a judge in the Victoria Supreme Court has refused to allow the wife of a terrorism defendant to wear a niqab  (a full-face vei...
Friday, May 18, 2018

Australian Appeals Court Upholds Refusal To Allow Testimony From Plaintiff Wearing Niqab

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In the Australian state of New South Wales, the Court of Appeal in Elzahed v. State of New South Wales , (NWCA, May 18, 2018), rejected a Mu...
Sunday, May 07, 2017

Courthouse Renovation Discovery Creates Church-State Concern

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A church-state controversy may be in the making in Nelson County, Virginia where $5 million renovation of a century-old historic courthouse ...
Thursday, August 18, 2016

Defense Counsel's Prayers on Facebook Pose Concerns

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Prayers posted on Facebook by an Ellis County, Texas defense attorney have come under scrutiny of trial judges after complaints by the count...
Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Texas AG Opinion OK's Courtroom Chaplains

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton yesterday issued Attorney General Opinion No. KP-0109  (Aug. 15, 2016), responding to three Establishment ...
Monday, May 30, 2016

Judge Sentences Defendant To 12 Sundays of Baptist Services

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Yesterday's Cincinnati Enquirer reports on the elaborate in-court discussion that led a Hamilton County, Ohio trial court judge to sent...
Friday, May 27, 2016

Appeals Court Upholds Saturday Murder Trial Despite Defendant's Religious Objection

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In State v. Victor , 2016 La. App. LEXIS 1030 (LA App., May 26, 2016), a Louisiana state appeals court held that defendant's free exerci...
Tuesday, April 05, 2016

Brazilian Court Trains Clergy As Mediators

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Religion News Service reports on an experimental mediation program instituted by the courts in the Brazilian state of Goias.  In a program ...