Showing posts with label Establishment Clause. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Establishment Clause. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 04, 2026

Advocacy Group Says Military Commanders Are Describing Iran Operations in Christian Biblical Terms

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The Military Religious Freedom Foundation , an advocacy organization dedicated to assuring church-state separation in the armed forces, repo...

Suit Alleges Unconstitutional Exclusion of Muslim Schools from Texas School Choice Program

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A Muslim parent filed suit this week in a Texas federal district court challenging the state's exclusion of accredited Islamic private s...
Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Hospital Justified In Firing Nurse for Praying with Patients, Discussing Holocaust With Patient

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In Sanders v. Kootenai Hospital District ,  (D ID, Feb. 20, 2026), an Idaho federal district court rejected various claims by Claudia Sander...
Sunday, February 22, 2026

5th Circuit En Banc: Challenge to Louisiana Classroom 10 Commandments Mandate Is Not Ripe

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In Roake v. Brumley , (5th Cir., Feb. 20, 2026), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals sitting en banc  by a vote of 11-7 vacated on jurisdi...
Friday, February 20, 2026

Mayor's Statements About Prayer Event Sponsors May Have Violated Establishment Clause

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Johnson v. City of Seattle ,  (WD WA, Feb. 18, 2026), is a suit by promoters of a worship event held in a Seattle park. According to the cou...
Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Suit Challenges Colorado's Blaine Amendment

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Suit was filed last week in a Colorado federal district court challenging the Colorado Constitution's ban on use of state funds to suppo...
Saturday, January 31, 2026

Court Refuses to Enjoin Coinage Containing "In God We Trust" Motto

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In Clayman v. Bessent ,  (SD FL, Jan. 8, 2026), a Florida federal district court denied plaintiff's request for a preliminary injunction...
Tuesday, January 06, 2026

Indiana Asks Court to Vacate 2002 Injunction Barring 10 Commandments Monument at Statehouse

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Last week, Indiana's Attorney General filed a motion in an Indiana federal district court asking the court to vacate an injunction it is...
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...
Wednesday, December 03, 2025

Class Action Filed Challenging Texas Law Requiring 10 Commandments in All Classrooms

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 A class action lawsuit was filed yesterday in a Texas federal district court challenging the recently enacted Texas statute that requires t...
Tuesday, December 02, 2025

Prison Chaplain Sues for Wrongful Termination

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Suit was filed last week in a Florida federal district court by a Christian pastor who was terminated from his position as Senior Pastor at ...
Sunday, November 30, 2025

"In God We Trust" On Currency Does Not Burden Jewish Plaintiff's Religious Exercise

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 In Clayman v. Bessant ,  (SD FL, Nov. 24, 2025), a Florida federal district court rejected plaintiff's RFRA, Free Exercise, Establishme...
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

New Test Case on State-Funded Religious Charter Schools Is Being Assembled

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 As previously reported , earlier this year the U.S. Supreme Court split 4-4 on the question of whether the 1st Amendment allows Oklahoma to...
Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Court Enjoins School Districts from Complying with Texas Mandate to Post 10 Commandments in Classrooms

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In Cribbs Ringer v. Comal Independent School District , (WD TX, Nov. 18, 2025), a Texas federal district court issued a preliminary injuncti...
Thursday, November 06, 2025

Religious College Challenges Exclusion from Chicago's Student Teacher Program

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Suit was filed this week in an Illinois federal district court by the Moody Bible Institute challenging the Chicago Board of Education with ...
Friday, October 17, 2025

Placing Patron Saint Statues on City Safety Building Is Enjoined

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In Fitzmaurice v. City of Quincy ,  (MA Super. Ct., Oct. 14, 2025), a Massachusetts state trial court issued a preliminary injunction barrin...
Thursday, October 16, 2025

Court Dismisses Religious Challenges to Trump's Executive Order on Portraying American History

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In Jeanpierre v. Trump ,  (D UT, Oct. 14, 2025), a Utah federal magistrate judge dismissed a suit challenging on RFRA, free exercise and Est...

Plaintiff Lacks Standing to Claim Rutgers Engaged in Anti-Hindu Discrimination

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In Bagal v. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey ,  (D NJ, Oct. 14, 2025), a New Jersey federal district court dismissed for lack of ...
Thursday, October 09, 2025

5th Circuit Grants En Banc Review of Louisiana 10 Commandments Law

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On Oct. 6, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals granted en banc  review in Roake v. Brumley, ( Full text of court's Order .) In the cas...
Monday, October 06, 2025

Taxpayer With Religious Objections to U.S. Funding of Israel's Military Operations Lacks Standing to Sue

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In Kikkert v. Trump ,  (WD WA, Oct. 1, 2025), plaintiff, an army veteran and federal taxpayer, sued the President and various members of Con...