Showing posts with label Iowa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iowa. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 24, 2024

State RFRA Bars Taxpayer Suit Challenging Church's Property Tax Exemption

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 In In re Calvary Chapel Iowa ,  (IA Adm. Hearings Div., Sept. 17, 2024), an Iowa Administrative Law Judge held that the state's Religio...
Sunday, June 30, 2024

Iowa Supreme Court Allows 6-Week Abortion Ban to Go into Effect

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In Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc. v. Reynolds , (IA Sup.Ct., June 28, 2024), the Iowa Supreme Court in a 4-3 decision reversed th...
Wednesday, April 03, 2024

Iowa Enacts Religious Freedom Restoration Act

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Yesterday Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed SF 2095, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. ( Governor's press release .) ( Full text of...
Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Iowa Trial Court Temporarily Enjoins State's New Heartbeat Abortion Ban

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In Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc. v. Reynolds ,  (IA Dist. Ct., July 17, 2023), an Iowa state trial court issued a temporary inju...
Thursday, July 13, 2023

Iowa Passes Fetal Heartbeat Abortion Ban

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In a one-day special legislative session on Tuesday, the Iowa legislature passed  HF732 ( full text ), a ban on most abortions if a fetal he...
Sunday, June 18, 2023

Iowa Supreme Court, 3-3, Affirms Invalidation Of Heartbeat Abortion Law

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As previously reported , in 2019 an Iowa state trial court judge held that Iowa's "fetal heartbeat" abortion law violates the ...
Sunday, May 28, 2023

New Iowa Law Addresses Sexual Materials In School Curriculum; Parental Rights

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Last Friday, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed SF 496 ( full text ) which prohibits public schools from providing "any program, curric...
Saturday, April 15, 2023

Two Justices Say Iowa Should Adopt Ministerial Exception Doctrine

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In Konchar v. Pins ,  (IA Sup. Ct., April 14, 2023), the Iowa Supreme Court affirmed a trial court's dismissal of fraud, defamation and ...
Wednesday, December 07, 2022

Street Preacher Loses His Free Speech Lawsuit

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In Sessler v. City of Davenport ,  (SD IA, Nov. 22, 2022), an Iowa federal district court dismissed a suit for damages and injunctive relief...
Tuesday, October 04, 2022

Court Rejects Religious Defense To Illegal Possession Of Firearm Charges

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In United States v. Harper ,  (ND IA, Sept. 30, 2022), an Iowa federal district court refused to dismiss indictments charging defendant with...
Wednesday, July 06, 2022

Iowa Asks Its Supreme Court To Follow Dobbs On Standard Of Review For Abortion Regulation

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As previously reported , last month the Iowa Supreme Court in Planned Parenthood of Heartland, Inc. v. Reynolds  overruled its own 2018 deci...
Sunday, June 19, 2022

Iowa Supreme Court Overrules 2018 Decision That State Constitution Strongly Protects Abortion Rights

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In a complicated set of opinions that span 182 pages, the Iowa Supreme Court overruled their own 2018 decision (referred to in the opinion a...
Friday, May 20, 2022

Employee Sues After Being Fired For Religious Objection To Rainbow As Gay Pride Symbol

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Suit was filed this week in an Iowa federal district court by a former employee of a metal engineering and manufacturing company who says he...
Monday, March 28, 2022

Iowa Adopts IHRA Definition Of Antisemitism

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On March 23, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed HF 2220 ( full text ) which provides that in the enforcement of state anti-discrimination la...
Friday, July 16, 2021

8th Circuit: University of Iowa Discriminated Against Christian Student Group

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In Intervarsity Christian Fellowship/ USA v. University of Iowa ,  (8th Cir., July 16, 2021), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals held tha...
Monday, May 24, 2021

Iowa Supreme Court Dismisses Fiduciary and Defamation Claims Against Church and Pastors

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In Koster v. Harvest Bible Chapel- Quad Cities , (IA Sup. Ct., May 21, 2021), the Iowa Supreme Court affirmed the dismissal of a suit agains...
Tuesday, March 23, 2021

8th Circuit: No Qualified Immunity On Christian Student Group's Free Speech Claim

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In Business Leaders In Christ v. University of Iowa , (8th Circuit, March 22, 2021), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the dis...
Friday, March 19, 2021

8th Circuit: Street Preacher Did Not Show Entitlement To Preliminary Injunction

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In Sessler v. City of Davenport ,  (8th Cir., March 18, 2021), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of a preliminary in...
Thursday, January 14, 2021

8th Circuit Hears Arguments In College's Deregistration of Christian Student Group

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The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday heard oral arguments in InterVarsity Christian Fellowship USA v. University of Iowa. ( Audio...
Wednesday, September 23, 2020

8th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments On Qualified Immunity In Suit By Christian Student Group

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 The U.S. 8sth Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday heard oral arguments in Business Leaders in Christ v. University of Iowa. ( Audio of full ...