Showing posts with label Free exercise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Free exercise. Show all posts
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 ...
Tuesday, November 04, 2025

School May Bar Teacher from Hanging Crucifix on Classroom Wall

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In Arroyo-Castro v. Gasper ,  (D CT, Nov. 3, 2025), a Connecticut federal district court in a 54-page opinion rejected claims of a public mi...

Village's Zoning Law for Places of Worship Is Unconstitutional

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In Lubavitch of Old Westbury, Inc. v. Incorporated Village of Old Westbury, New York ,   (ED NY, Oct. 30, 2025), a New York federal district...
Monday, November 03, 2025

9th Circuit: Oregon Right to Life Group Is a Religious Organization

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In Oregon Right to Life v. Stolfi ,  (9th Cir., Oct. 31, 2025), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, remanded the case ...
Saturday, October 18, 2025

Denial of Access to Clergy During Covid Lockdown Did Not Violate Inmate's Free Exercise Rights

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In Johnson v. Ellis ,  (D NJ, Oct. 15, 2025), a New Jersey federal district court dismissed a claim by a pre-trial detainee that his free ex...
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 ...
Wednesday, October 08, 2025

Splintered 5th Circuit Says Suit Against City for Failing to Train Police on 1st Amendment Rights Can Move Ahead

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 In Hershey v. City of Bossier City ,  (5th Cir., Oct. 7, 2025), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in a splintered decision reversed a L...
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...

Photographer Entitled to Nominal Damages for Injury from Threat to Require Her to Photograph Same-Sex Weddings

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In Chelsey Nelson Photography, LLC v. Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Gov't ., (WD KY, Sept. 30, 2025), in a case that has been in lit...
Friday, October 03, 2025

10th Circuit: Nondiscrimination Requirement Did Not Infringe 1st Amendment Rights of Catholic Preschools

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 In St. Mary Catholic Parish in Littleton v. Roy ,  (10th Cir., Sept. 30, 2025), the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the nondis...
Wednesday, October 01, 2025

Teacher Loses Challenge to School's "Controversial Issues" Policy

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In Cahall v. New Richmond Exempted Village School District Board of Education ,  (SD OH, Sept. 29, 2025), an Ohio federal district court dis...
Monday, September 29, 2025

Justice Department Issues Opinion to EEOC On Impact of Recent Developments for Federal Employees

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Earlier this month, the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) issued an advisory opinion Religious Liberty Protections for ...
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...

Canceling Church's Sunday Lease on School Gym Violated 1st Amendment

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 In Truth Family Bible Church Middleton v. Idaho Housing and Finance Association , (D ID, Sept. 22, 2025), an Idaho federal district court h...
Monday, September 22, 2025

Another Suit Challenges Texas' Law Requiring 10 Commandments in Classrooms

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On August 20 a Texas federal district court issued a preliminary injunction barring 11 Texas school districts from complying with Texas SB 1...
Saturday, September 20, 2025

School's Policy on Disclosure of Students' Social Transitioning Violated Due Process, But Not Parents' Free Exercise Rights

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In Mead v. Rockford Public School District ,  (WD MI, Sept. 18, 2025), parents of a middle school student, referred to as G.M., challenged a...
Friday, September 19, 2025

Organization Ordaining Ministers Online Loses Challenge to Tennessee Officials

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Tennessee law provides that persons who receive ordination online may not solemnize marriages in the state. In American Marriage Ministries ...
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...
Wednesday, September 10, 2025

School Rules on Non-gendered Pronouns Do Not Violate Free Exercise or Free Speech Rights

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In Hyland v. State Board of Education , (NJ App., Sept. 9, 2025), a New Jersey state appellate court rejected a 1st and 14th Amendment chall...