Showing posts with label Free speech. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Free speech. Show all posts
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

Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Conversion Therapy Ban Case on Tuesday

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Tomorrow (Oct. 7), the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Chiles v. Salazar.  In the case, the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in...
Sunday, October 05, 2025

Supreme Court Term Opens Monday with Several Cases of Interest on Its Docket

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The U.S. Supreme Court's fall term opens tomorrow, Oct. 6. There are a number of cases on the Court's Docket for this term that are ...
Friday, September 26, 2025

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...
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...
Monday, September 08, 2025

11th Circuit: Government Can Insist on Secular Presenters in Intervention Program for Domestic Abusers

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In Nussbaumer v. Secretary, Florida Department of Children and Families ,  (11th Cir., Sept. 4, 2025), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeal...
Thursday, September 04, 2025

Christian Families Challenge Foster Care Rules on Support of Transgender Children

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Two families, asserting Christian religious beliefs, filed suit yesterday in a Massachusetts federal district court challenging on 1st and 1...
Friday, August 29, 2025

Supreme Court Review Sought by California Baker

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A petition for certiorari  ( full text ) was filed this week in Miller v. Civil Rights Division,  (Sup. Ct., certiorari filed 8/26/2025) . ...
Tuesday, August 26, 2025

LA Sued Over Its handling of Permit Application for Christian Revival Event

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Suit was filed last week in a California federal district court by leaders of May Day USA, a nationwide Christian revival event, contending ...
Friday, August 22, 2025

School Counselor's Office Display of Anti-Trans Books Is Permissible Only When No Students Are in His Office

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In Theis v. Intermountain Education Service Board of Directors ,  (D ORA, Aug. 20, 2025), a social worker employed by the district to admini...
Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Good News Clubs Must Have Equal Access to School Facilities

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In Child Evangelism Fellowship NorCal, Inc. v. Oakland Unified School District Board of Education ,  (ND CA, Aug. 15, 2025), a California fe...
Tuesday, August 19, 2025

9th Circuit: Oregon Religious Non-Discrimination Rule for Grantees Is Mostly Valid

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 In Youth 71Five Ministries v. Willliams ,  (9th Cir., Aug. 18, 2025), a Christian youth program sued after the Oregon Department of Educati...
Monday, August 18, 2025

9th Circuit Rejects Christian Day Care's Challenge to Licensing Requirement

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In Foothills Christian Ministries v. Johnson ,  (9th Cir., Aug. 14, 2025), Foothills, a Christian day care center, challenged a California l...
Friday, August 15, 2025

8th Circuit: Rejection of Prison Course on Manhood From Christian Biblical Lens Violated Volunteer's 1st Amendment Rights

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In Schmitt v. Robertus , (8th Cir., Aug. 14, 2025), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision held that Minnesota prison offic...
Thursday, August 14, 2025

8th Circuit: Jury Should Decide If Anti-Abortion Facebook Posting Impacted Delivery of Public Services

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In Melton v. City of Forrest City, Arkansas , (8th Cir., Aug. 13, 2025), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court sh...
Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Denial of State Reimbursement for Religious Home School Material Does Not Violate 1st Amendment

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In Trakel v. Critchfield ,  (D ID, Aug. 6, 202), an Idaho federal district court rejected parents' claim that they are entitled to reimb...
Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Office of Personnel Management Says Federal Employee Religious Speech In Workplace Is Protected

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Yesterday, the federal Office of Personnel Management issued a Memo ( full text ) to heads of federal departments and agencies on  Protectin...
Friday, July 25, 2025

Adoptive Parent Rule on Transgender Children Violates Plaintiff's Free Speech and Free Exercise Rights

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 In Bates v. Pakseresht ,  (9th Cir., July 24, 2025), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held unconstitutional as applied to plaintiff Or...
Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Tennessee Law Barring Recruitment of Minor to Obtain an Abortion Is Unconstitutional

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In Welty v. Dunaway ,  (MD TN, July 18, 2025), a Tennessee federal district court enjoined enforcement of a Tennessee statute that prohibits...