Showing posts with label Kentucky. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kentucky. Show all posts
Friday, March 28, 2025

Kentucky Legislature Orders Return of 10 Commandments Monument to State Capitol Grounds

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Kentucky House Joint Resolution 15 ( full text ) became law without the Governor's signature on March 27.  The Resolution orders a ...
Thursday, March 20, 2025

Kentucky Legislature Authorizes Conversion Therapy for Minors

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Last week, the Kentucky legislature gave final approval to House Bill 495 ( full text ) which invalidates Executive Order 2024-632  issued ...
Monday, March 10, 2025

6th Circuit: Public Official Engaging in State Action Cannot Assert 1st Amendment Defense

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In Emold v. Davis ,  (6th Cir., March 6, 2025), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a $100,000 damage award to a same-sex couple w...
Saturday, December 07, 2024

Street Preacher Who Refused to Leave Restricted Area Around Kentucky Derby Loses Challenges to His Arrest

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In Blankenship v. Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government, Kentucky , (WD KY, Dec. 6, 2024), a Kentucky federal district court dismisse...
Sunday, November 17, 2024

Suit Challenges Kentucky Abortion Bans

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A class action lawsuit was filed last week in a Kentucky state trial court challenging the constitutionality under the Kentucky state consti...
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

6th Circuit Finds That Employee's Objections to Covid Testing Were Not Religious

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 In DeVore v. University of Kentucky Board of Trustees , (6th Cir., Oct. 11, 2024), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismi...
Friday, September 20, 2024

Kentucky Governor Issues Executive Order Limiting Conversion Therapy for Minors

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 After attempts to get the Kentucky state legislature to ban conversion therapy for minors failed, on Wednesday Kentucky Governor Andy Beshe...
Sunday, September 15, 2024

Buffer Zone Ordinance Violates Free Speech Rights of Protesters Because of Inadvertent Breadth of Ban

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In Sisters for Life, Inc. v. Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government ,  (WD KY, Sept. 13, 2024), anti-abortion sidewalk counselors chal...
Monday, July 01, 2024

Jewish Women Lack Standing in Religious Freedom Challenge to Kentucky Abortion Restrictions

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In Sobel v. Cameron ,  (KY Cir. Ct., June 28, 2024), plaintiffs, three Jewish women, alleged, among other things, that the lack of exception...
Tuesday, June 18, 2024

6 More States Fend Off Enforcement of Title IX Transgender Discrimination Rules

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Four days after a Louisiana federal district court enjoined the Department of Education from enforcing its new sex-discrimination rules unde...
Thursday, December 07, 2023

Denial of Permission to Build Grotto Did Not Violate RLUIPA

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 In Frederic v. City of Park Hills Board of Adjustment , (KY App., Dec. 1, 2023), a Kentucky state appeals court held that a denying a churc...
Tuesday, October 03, 2023

6th Circuit Upholds TN and KY Laws Barring Gender Transition Treatment For Minors

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 In L.W. v. Skrmetti ,  (6th Cir., Sept. 28, 2023), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, reversed preliminary injunctio...
Friday, September 15, 2023

Kim Davis Assessed $100K Damages In One Case, $0 in Another

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Last year, in a long-running case, a Kentucky federal district court held that Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis violated the constitutional righ...
Wednesday, August 16, 2023

6th Circuit: Kentucky Governor Had Qualified Immunity For Covid School-Closing Order

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 In Pleasant View Baptist Church v. Beshear , (6th Cir., Aug. 14, 2023), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals held that Kentucky Governor A...
Monday, July 31, 2023

6th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In Wedding Photographer Case

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On Friday, the U.S 6th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments ( audio of full oral arguments ) in  Chelsey Nelson Photography LLC v L...
Saturday, July 08, 2023

State AG's Warn Target Corp. About Consequences of Its Pride Campaign

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Earlier this week, the Indiana Attorney General, joined by the Attorneys General of Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Sou...
Thursday, June 29, 2023

Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Against Kentucky Ban on Puberty Blockers and Hormonal Treatment for Minors

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 In Doe v. Thornbury , (WD KY, June 28, 2023), a Kentucky federal district court issued a preliminary injunction barring the state from enfo...
Thursday, March 30, 2023

Kentucky Legislature Overrides Veto of Transgender Bill Restricting Schools and Doctors

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As reported by AP , the Kentucky legislature yesterday voted to override Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear's veto of Senate Bill 150 ( ful...
Saturday, February 18, 2023

Kentucky Supreme Court Finds Procedural Problems with Abortion Providers' Attempt to Enjoin Abortion Bans

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In Cameron v. EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C. ,  (KY Sup. Ct., Feb. 16, 2023), the Kentucky Supreme Court considered challenges by a...
Thursday, December 29, 2022

6th Circuit: Healthcare Buffer Zone Law Violates Pro-Lifer's Free Speech Rights

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In Sisters for Life, Inc. v. Louisville-Jefferson County, KY Metro Government , (6th Cir., Dec. 21, 2022), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of App...