Showing posts with label Free exercise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Free exercise. Show all posts
Thursday, December 11, 2025

7th Circuit: Plaintiff Must Allege More Than Conclusory Statements of Religious Belief to Get Religious Exemption

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In Troogstad v. City of Chicago , (7th Cir., Dec. 9, 2025), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of free exercise clai...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Suit Challenges High School's Ban on Religious and Political Messages on Its Spirit Rock

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A suit was filed this week in a North Carolina federal district court by a high school student whose patriotic and religious tribute to the ...
Tuesday, December 09, 2025

Supreme Court Remands Amish Parents' Challenge to Ending of Religious Exemptions from Vaccinations

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Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court in Miller v. McDonald,  (Docket No. 25-133, Dec. 8, 2025) ( Order List ), granted certiorari , vacated the...
Friday, December 05, 2025

Camping Ordinance Does Not Violate Free Exercise Rights of Homeless Resident

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In Hebbe v. City of Folsom , (ED CA, Dec. 3, 2025), plaintiff who is an unhoused resident of Folsom, California, challenges on numerous grou...

7th Circuit: Chicago's Reporting Requirement for Employees During Covid Pandemic Were Constitutional

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In Kondilis v. City of Chicago , (7th Cir., Dec. 2, 2025), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected claims by City of Chicago employee...
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...
Wednesday, November 26, 2025

10th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments on Colorado's Regulation of Health Care Sharing Ministries

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On Nov. 20, the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Alliance of Health Care Sharing Ministries v. Conway,  ( Audio of...
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...
Sunday, November 23, 2025

Church's Challenge to Fire Code Applicability Triggers Strict Scrutiny

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 In Pool v. Dad's Place of Bryan, Ohio ,  (OH App., Nov. 21, 2025), an Ohio state appellate court remanded to the trial court a church...
Friday, November 21, 2025

Catholic Clergy Sue for Access to ICE Detention Facility

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 A religious advocacy organization, its director, 3 priests, and a sister filed suit this week against immigration officials alleging that t...
Thursday, November 20, 2025

Trump's Executive Order on American History Does Not Infringe Plaintiff's Free Exercise Rights

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In  Jeanpierre v. Trump , (D UT, November 18, 2025), a Utah federal district court dismissed a suit by the founder of a religious organizati...
Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Texas AG Sues Challenging Exclusion of Sectarian Employment from Work-Study and Similar State Programs

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton last week filed suit in a Texas state trial court against the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board an...
Sunday, November 16, 2025

Certiorari Filed in Exclusion of Catholic Schools from Colorado's Preschool Program

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A petition for certiorari ( full text ) was filed last week with the U.S. Supreme Court in St. Mary Catholic Parish in Littleton v. Roy,  (S...
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...