Showing posts with label Illinois. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Illinois. Show all posts
Friday, September 04, 2026

Catholic Sisters Challenge Illinois End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act

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Several orders of Catholic sisters as well as Chicago Archbishop Cupich filed suit yesterday in an Illinois federal district court challengi...
Tuesday, September 01, 2026

Compliance With Building Code Does Not Impose Substantial Burden on Plaintiff's Religious Exercise

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In Hadez v. City of Springfield, Illinois ,  (CD IL, Aug. 28, 2026), a state trial court had ordered plaintiff to cease residing in structur...
Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Suit Challenges Illinois End of Life Options Act

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Suit was filed yesterday in an Illinois federal district court by four Catholic doctors, a Catholic bishop and a Lutheran skilled nursing fa...
Monday, August 03, 2026

Clergy Duties Do Not Excuse Compliance With Forum Selection Clause In Employment Agreement

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In Luzingu v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc. ,  (D ME, July 31, 2026), a Maine federal district court rejected a claim by a Christian pastor that...
Thursday, July 02, 2026

7th Circuit: Bus Driver Gave No Religious Reasons for Rejecting Covid Vaccine

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In Snyder v. Chicago Transit Authority , (7th Cir., June 30, 2026), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the firing of a Chicago Tra...
Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Noise Ordinance Arrest Did Not Violate First Amendment or State RFRA

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In Acevedo v. Zatora , (ND IL, May 11, 2026), an Illinois federal district court dismissed plaintiff's claims that police officers viola...
Friday, March 20, 2026

High School Teacher Did Not Violate Constitution in Counseling Muslim Student Who Converted to Christianity

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In Chaudhry v. Thorsen ,  (ND IL, March 18, 2026), an Illinois federal district court rejected Establishment Clause, substantive due process...
Friday, February 27, 2026

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...
Wednesday, February 18, 2026

7th Circuit: "Moral" Objections Not Protected By Title VII

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 In Bowlin v. Board of Directors, Judah Christian School ,  (7th Circuit, Feb. 13, 2026), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals held that mo...
Friday, January 23, 2026

HHS Says Illinois Right to Conscience Act Violates Federal Law

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On January 21, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights sent a Notice of Violation ( full text ) to the state of I...

Anti-Abortion Sidewalk Counselor Loses Challenge to City's Sign Ordinance

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In Hamann v. City of Carbondale, Illinois ,  (SD IL, Jan. 21, 2026), an Illinois federal district court refused to preliminarily enjoin the ...
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...
Monday, December 08, 2025

No Religious Discrimination Shown in Enforcement of Septic Tank Code

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In Schoff v. Illinois Human Rights Commission ,  (IL App., Dec. 4, 2025), an Illinois state appellate court affirmed the decision of the sta...
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 ...
Wednesday, April 09, 2025

Broad Compelled Discussion of Abortion with Patients Violates Doctors' Free Speech Rights

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In Schroeder v. Treto , (ND IL, April 4, 2025), an Illinois federal district court held that one amendment to the state's Health Care ri...
Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Diocese and Pregnancy Center Challenge Illinois Ban on Employment Discrimination Because of Reproductive Health Care Choices

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Suit was filed last week in an Illinois federal district court by a Christian Pregnancy Care Center and a Catholic diocese challenging the r...
Thursday, November 21, 2024

Suit Challenges Illinois Requirements for Insurance Policies to Cover Abortions

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Suit was filed yesterday in an Illinois federal district court challenging on both constitutional and federal statutory grounds Illinois sta...
Sunday, August 11, 2024

Illinois Governor Signs 3 Bills Protecting Abortion Rights

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On Aug. 7, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed HB4867 ( full text ) which amends the Illinois Human Rights Act to make discrimination on...
Wednesday, April 03, 2024

Satanic Temple Can Move Ahead with Establishment Clause Challenge to Its Treatment by City Council

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In The Satanic Temple v. The City of Chicago , (ND IL, March 31, 2024), an Illinois federal district court held that The Satanic Temple (...
Tuesday, January 09, 2024

Art Institute School Sued for Antisemitic Discrimination and Hostility

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Three weeks ago, suit was filed in an Illinois federal district court against the School of the Art Institute of Chicago by a Jewish Israeli...