Showing posts with label Free speech. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Free speech. Show all posts
Monday, April 27, 2026

Released-Time Provider Must Get Equal Treatment with Secular Organizations

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 In LifeWise, Inc. v. Everett Public School District , (WD WA, April 24, 2026), LifeWise, an organization that provides off-premise released...
Thursday, April 23, 2026

1st Amendment Challenges to State's Foster Care Licensing Policy Move Ahead

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In DeGross v. Hunter ,  (WD WA, April 22, 2026), a Washington federal district court refused to dismiss free speech and free exercise claims...
Monday, April 20, 2026

Supreme Court Grants Review on When Religious Schools Can Be Excluded from General State Programs

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The U.S. Supreme Court this morning granted certiorari  in St. Mary Catholic Parish in Littleton v. Roy,  (Docket No. 25-581, cert.  granted...
Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Catholic Hospice Sues Over NY Standards for Care of Transgender Patients

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Last week, Dominican Sisters who operate a home that provides palliative care for indigent, terminally ill cancer patients filed suit in a N...
Saturday, April 04, 2026

Noise Ordinance Is Constitutional as Applied to Anti-Abortion Sidewalk Advocacy

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In Knotts v. City of Cuyahoga Falls . (ND OH, March 31, 2026), an Ohio federal district court upheld the application of a noise ordinance to...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Supreme Court Strikes Down Most Applications of Conversion Therapy Ban

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In Chiles v. Salazar ,  (Sup.Ct., March 31, 2026), the U.S. Supreme Court in an 8-1 decision struck down most applications of Colorado's...
Monday, March 23, 2026

Detroit Abortion Clinic Buffer Zone Ordinance Challenged

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Suit was filed last week in a Michigan federal district court challenging a Detroit ordinance that bans picketing within 15-feet of abortion...
Friday, March 20, 2026

Supreme Court Says Street Preacher May Challenge Limit on Demonstrations Despite His Prior Conviction

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In Oliver v. City of Brandon, Mississippi ,  (Sup. Ct., March 20, 2026), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a street preacher may move ahead w...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

5th Circuit: Principal Lacks Qualified Immunity for Barring Teachers' Praying in View of Students

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In Barber v. Rounds ,  (5th Cir., March 9,2026), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals held that Texas high school principal Bryan Rounds do...

Suit Challenges Library's Policy on Use of Meeting Room

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Suit was filed this week in an Alabama federal district court by Eagle Forum, a Christian community educational organization, challenging th...
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

County Employee Sues Over Denial of Religious Accommodation So He Could Avoid Celebrating Pride Month

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Suit was filed yesterday in a California federal district court by an employee of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works alleging...
Friday, March 06, 2026

Florida Governor's Order Declaring CAIR a Foreign Terrorist Organization Is Held Unconstitutional

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As  previously reported , last December Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued an Executive Order declaring CAIR to be a foreign terrorist org...
Friday, February 27, 2026

9th Circuit: Anti-Transgender Comments Justify Mayor's Veto of Membership on Police Advisory Board

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In Hodges v. Gloria ,  (9th Cir., Feb. 26, 2026), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected free speech and free exercise challenges to...

Street Preachers Can Move Ahead with Free Exercise Claims Against Police

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In Raio v. City of Chicago , (ND IL, Feb. 24, 2026), two street preachers and a Gospel singer who had been cited and, on another occasion, a...
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...
Monday, February 23, 2026

City's Regulation of Donation Boxes Violates Christian Nonprofit's Free Speech Rights

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In Arms of Hope v. City of Mansfield, Texas ,  (ND TX, Feb. 19, 2026), a Christian social service organization challenged the city's reg...
Friday, February 20, 2026

State's Criticism of Pregnancy Resource Centers Did Not Violate Clinics' Free Speech or Free Exercise

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 In A Woman's Concern, Inc. v. Healey ,  (D MA, Feb. 17, 2026), a Massachusetts federal district court rejected claims by a religiously ...
Thursday, February 12, 2026

Child Evangelism Fellowship Sues School District Over Discriminatory Treatment

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Suit was filed this week in an Illinois federal district court by Child Evangelism Fellowship alleging that fees charged to it for after-sch...
Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Suit Challenges Michigan Ban on Discrimination Because of Pregnancy Termination

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Last week, two pro-life organizations filed suit in federal district court against Michigan officials challenging on 1st and 14th Amendment ...
Thursday, February 05, 2026

Fellowship of Christian Athletes Can Move Ahead Against School Officials on Two Counts

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In Fellowship of Christian Athletes v. District of Columbia , (D DC, Feb. 3, 2026), the D.C. federal district court found that Fellowship of...