Showing posts with label Free exercise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Free exercise. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Catholic Sisters Sue To Invalidate New York's Assisted Suicide Counseling Requirement

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Last week, four Orders of Catholic Sisters along with the Catholic Diocese and Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, filed suit in a New Yor...
Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Artist's Suit Over Removal of Trump with Jesus Painting Is Dismissed

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In Rose v. Arts Bonita, Inc. , (MD FL, July 12, 2026), a Florida federal district court dismissed, with leave to amend, a complaint against ...
Monday, July 13, 2026

Detainee Sues Wrong Parties Over Available Religious Texts on Jail's Android Tablets

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In Coleman v. LVMPD,  (D NV, July 8, 2026), a Nevada federal district court at the screening stage dismissed with leave to amend a religious...
Friday, July 10, 2026

Suit Seeks Accommodation for Christian Library Employee Who Objects To Using Co-Workers' Preferred Names and Pronouns

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Suit was filed yesterday in a Louisiana federal district court by a Library Technician who was fired for refusing to comply with the library...
Monday, July 06, 2026

1st Circuit Upholds Maine's Antidiscrimmination Rules For Religious Schools Except Its Religiouis Expression Nondiscrimination Requirement

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Last week, the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals issued opinions in two cases raising similar, but not identical, challenges to the antidisc...
Friday, July 03, 2026

5th Circuit: Evidence of Defendant's Affiliation with Satanism Was Relevant in Sentencing Phase of Murder Trial

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In Davis v. Guerrero , (5th Cir., June 25, 2026), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the death sentence imposed on Irving Davis wh...

Oregon's Definition of "Religious Employer" Violates Free Exercise Rights of Right-To-Life Organization

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In Oregon Right to Life v. O'Day , (D OR, July 1, 2026), an Oregon federal district court held that provisions in Oregon's Reproduct...
Thursday, July 02, 2026

1st Circuit: University's Rejection of Property Sale to Church Was Not Religious Discrimination

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In Calvary Chapel Belfast v. University of Maine System ,  (1st Cir., June 30, 2026), the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dis...
Wednesday, July 01, 2026

2nd Circuit Reaffirms Permissibility of NY Repeal of Religious Exemptions from School Vaccination Requirements

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In Miller v. McDonald ,  (2d Cir., June 30, 2026), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirmed its earlier decision that New York'...
Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Cert. Petition Filed in Lipan Apache Efforts To Prevent Impairment of Religious Ceremonial Site

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A petition for certiorari ( full text )   was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court last week in Perez v. City of San Antonio, (Sup. Ct.,  cert....
Monday, June 29, 2026

Supreme Court Review Sought by Teacher Who Objects to School's Gender identity Policy

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 A petition for certiorari  ( full text ) was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court last week in Polk v. Montgomery County Public Schools , (Sup...
Thursday, June 25, 2026

Parents Sue California School District Over Opt-Out Rights

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Suit was filed this week in a California federal district court challenging a California school district's refusal to allow parents to o...
Friday, June 19, 2026

Cert. Petition Filed Challenging Grant of Qualified Immunity In 1st Amendment Case

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A petition for certiorari  ( full text ) was filed with the U.S Supreme Court last week seeking review of the 5th Circuit's decision in ...
Friday, June 12, 2026

European Court of Human Rights Rules in Favor of Jehovah's Witnesses in Two Cases

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The European Court of Human Rights has handed down opinions in two cases involving the rights of Jehovah's Witnesses. The official opini...

Ministry Gets TRO To Allow It to Distribute Food in Park to Homeless Individuals

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In St. Herman's Table v. City of Phoenix ,  (D AZ, June 10, 2026), an Arizona federal district court granted a temporary restraining ord...
Thursday, June 04, 2026

St. John's Challenges Jurisdiction of NY PERB Over Its Relations with Its Faculty Union

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St. John's University filed suit this week in a New York federal district court challenging on 1st Amendment grounds jurisdiction of the...

2nd Circuit: Denial of Covid Vaccine Religious Exemption Because of Undue Hardship Triggers Only Rational Basis Review

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In Vesterman v. New York City Department of Education ,  (2d Cir., June 3, 2026), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismiss...
Thursday, May 28, 2026

Title VI Does Not Bar Religious Discrimination

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In Storms v. Carcieri , (D NJ, May 26, 2026), a New Jersey federal district court dismissed a suit which challenged a requirement by the Som...
Monday, May 25, 2026

Challenge To Tennessee's Requirement That Charter Schools Be Non-Sectarian Moves Ahead

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Wilberforce Academy of Knoxville v. Knox County Board of Education ,  (ED TN, May 22, 2026), is the latest court challenge to state laws tha...
Thursday, May 21, 2026

Limited Discovery Allowed to Determine If Case Turns on a Religious Question

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In Gaskins v. McLean Bible Church ,  (VA Ct. App., May 19, 2026), a Virginia state appellate court allowed dissident members of a non-denomi...