Showing posts with label Establishment Clause. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Establishment Clause. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Challenge To Narrow Religious Exemption in Maryland Employment Law Is Dismissed In Part

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In General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists v. Horton ,  (D MD, June 18, 2025), a Maryland federal district court denied a preliminary i...
Sunday, June 22, 2025

5th Circuit Upholds Preliminary Injunction Against Louisiana's 10 Commandments In Classrooms Law

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In Roake v. Brumley ,  (5th Cir., June 20, 2025), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court's grant  of a prelimin...
Friday, June 13, 2025

Court Denies TRO In Challenge To Trump's Executive Orders on Antisemitism

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In  McClanahan v. Trump , (WD MO, June 9, 2025), a Missouri federal district court refused to grant a temporary restraining order in a chall...
Thursday, June 05, 2025

Supreme Court: Wisconsin's Religious Nonprofit Exemption from Unemployment Comp. Tax Must Include Catholic Charities

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In Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission ,  (Sup. Ct., June 5, 2025), the U.S. Supreme Court, in...

Washington Bishops Sue Challenging Expanded Child Abuse Reporting Law

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Last week, the Catholic bishops in Washington state filed suit challenging the constitutionality of a  recently adopted amendment to the sta...
Wednesday, June 04, 2025

State Court Order to Cooperate in Religious Divorce Cannot Be Challenged in Federal Trial Court Proceeding

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In Azimi v. Worrell ,  (WD VA, June 3, 2025), plaintiff appearing pro se , challenged on Free Exercise and Establishment Clause grounds an o...
Sunday, June 01, 2025

Suit Challenges Exclusion of Religious Training from Virginia Tuition Grant Programs

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Suit was filed last week in a Viginia federal district court challenging the exclusion from Virginia's Tuition Assistance Grant Program ...
Friday, May 30, 2025

Texas Passes 3 Bills Promoting Religion in Public Schools

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In addition to the much-publicized Ten Commandments bill (see prior posting ), the Texas legislature this week gave final passage to three o...

Suit Challenges Refusal to Recognize Ministers Ordained Online

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Suit was filed last week in a Virginia federal district court challenging Augusta County and the City of Staunton's refusal to recognize...
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Supreme Court Splits 4-4 In Oklahoma Charter School Case

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In Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond   and the companion case of  St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v. Drummo...

Jewish Teacher Claims Anti-Israel Position of Teachers' Union Violates His 1st Amendment Rights

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Suit was filed this week in an Oregon federal district court against the Portland school system and the Portland teacher's union by a Je...
Saturday, May 10, 2025

Former Justice David Souter Dies; Described As Champion of Church-State Separation

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The U.S. Supreme Court announced  yesterday that former Justice David Souter died on May 8 at his home in New Hampshire. Souter served on th...
Tuesday, May 06, 2025

3rd Circuit: Class Videos on Islam Did Not Violate Establishment Clause

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In  Hilsenrath v. School District. of the Chathams , (3rd Cir., May 5, 2025), the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals held that videos about I...
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Supreme Court Today Hears Arguments on Funding of Religious Charter Schools

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The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this morning in Oklahoma Charter School Board v. Drummond, consolidated for oral argument with  S...
Friday, March 28, 2025

Kentucky Legislature Orders Return of 10 Commandments Monument to State Capitol Grounds

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Kentucky House Joint Resolution 15 ( full text ) became law without the Governor's signature on March 27.  The Resolution orders a ...
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Justice Department in Policy Change Files Amicus Brief Supporting Religious Charter School

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 As previously reported , the U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Oklahoma Virtual Charter School Board v. Drummond and the relate...
Thursday, March 13, 2025

9th Circuit: Profs Lack Standing to Challenge Addition of Caste Discrimination to University's Anti-Discrimination Policy

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In Kumar v. Koester ,  (9th Cir., March 12, 2023), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that two Hindu California State University col...
Friday, January 31, 2025

Court Refuses to Enjoin Colorado's Reporting Requirements for Health Care Sharing Ministries

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In Alliance of Health Care Sharing Ministries v. Conway , (D CO, Jan. 13, 2025), a Colorado federal district court refused to issue a prelim...
Saturday, January 25, 2025

Supreme Court Grants Cert. In Oklahoma Publicly-Funded Catholic Charter School Case

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday granted review in  Oklahoma Virtual Charter School Board v. Drummond,  (Docket No. 24-394, certiorari grant...
Thursday, January 23, 2025

9th Circuit: Hindu Out-of-Stater Lacks Standing to Challenge Ban on Caste Discrimination

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In Bagal v. Sawant ,  (9th Cir., Jan. 21, 2025), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that a practicing Hindu who lives in North Carol...