Showing posts with label Maine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maine. Show all posts
Friday, August 09, 2024

De Facto Exclusion of Catholic Schools From Tuition Grant Program Through Antidiscrimination Law Survives Strict Scrutiny

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In St. Dominic Academy v. Makin ,  (D ME, Aug. 8, 2024), a Maine federal district court, in a 75-page opinion, refused to preliminarily enjo...
Friday, August 02, 2024

Jury Must Decide Whether School Board Had Religious Animus

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In Pines Church v. Hermon School Department ,  (D ME, July 31, 2024), a Maine federal district court denied both parties' motions for su...
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Court Upholds Maine's Law Barring LGBTQ Discrimination by Christian School Receiving State Funds

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In Crosspoint Church v. Maikin ,  (D ME, Feb. 27, 2024), a Maine federal district court refused to enjoin application of the state's edu...
Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Challenge To Maine's Past Covid Restrictions on Churches Is Dismissed

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In In re COVID-Related Restrictions on Religious Services , (DE Super., Aug. 28, 2023), a Delaware Superior Court dismissed a suit challengi...
Friday, August 18, 2023

Challenge To Maine's Elimination of Religious Exemption To School Vaccination Mandate May Move Ahead

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Fox v. Makin ,  (D ME, Aug. 16, 2023), is a challenge to the Maine legislature's removal of religious exemptions from the state's sc...
Thursday, June 15, 2023

Maine Sued Over New Limits On Religious Schools In Tuition Payment Program

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 On Tuesday, a Catholic school in Maine and parents who would like to send their children to that school under Maine's tuition payment p...
Monday, May 29, 2023

1st Circuit: Free Exercise Claim by Maine Healthcare Workers Over COVID Mandate May Move Forward

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 In Lowe v. Mills ,  (1st Cir., May 25, 2023), the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals reversed in part a Maine district court's dismissal...
Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Christain School Sues Over "Poison Pill" Provisions That Exclude It from Maine's Tuition Payment Program

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Suit was filed this week in a Maine federal district court by a Christian school challenging 2021 amendments to Maine's Human Rights Act...
Friday, August 19, 2022

Maine's COVID Vaccine Mandate, Without Religious Exemption, Is Upheld

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 In Lowe v. Mills ,  (D ME, Aug. 18, 2022), a Maine federal district court rejected challenges by seven healthcare workers to Maine's CO...
Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Maine AG Says Christian Schools May Still Be Ineligible For Tuition Assistance Program

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 As previously reported , last week in Carson v. Makin, the U.S. Supreme Court held that sectarian schools could not be excluded from Maine&...
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Supreme Court Says Maine Cannot Exclude Sectarian Schools From Its Tuition Reimbursement Program

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In Carson v. Makin ,  (Sup. Ct., June 21, 2022), in a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Maine's program that pays tuition (...
Thursday, April 28, 2022

Suit Challenges Maine's Ban On Sunday Hunting

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Suit was filed yesterday in a Maine state trial court challenging Maine's ban on Sunday hunting. The complaint ( full text ) in Parker v...
Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Certiorari Denied In Challenge To Maine COVID Vaccine Mandate

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Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court denied review in Does 1-3 v. Mills,  (Docket No. 21-717, certiorari denied, 2/22/2022) ( Order List ). At i...
Wednesday, December 08, 2021

Transcript and Audio Of Today's Arguments In Carson v. Makin

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 Here are links to the transcript and audio of this morning's Supreme Court arguments in Carson v. Makin  challenging Maine's exclu...
Tuesday, December 07, 2021

Supreme Court Will Hear Arguments Tomorrow In Maine School Tuition Case

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Tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in  Carson v. Makin.  In the case, the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Ma...
Saturday, October 30, 2021

Supreme Court, 6-3, Denies Injunction Pending Appeal In Maine COVID Vaccination Case

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday, by a vote of 6-3, in John Does 1-3 v. Mills ,  (Sup. Ct., Oct. 29, 2021), refused to enjoin enforcement of...
Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Washington Vaccine Mandate Upheld Over Free Exercise Challenge

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 In Wise v. Inslee ,  (ED WA, Oct. 25, 2021), a Washington federal district court refused to enjoin Washington state's COVID vaccine man...
Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Justice Breyer Refuses To Enjoin Maine Vaccine Mandate Pending Appeal

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As previously reported , a Maine federal district court rejected claims by health care employees that Maine violated their free exercise rig...
Friday, October 15, 2021

Maine's Vaccine Mandate Without Religious Exemption Upheld

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In Jane Does 1-6 v. Mills ,  (D ME, Oct. 13, 2021), a Maine federal district court rejected claims by health care employees that Maine viola...
Thursday, August 26, 2021

Suit Challenges Vaccine Mandate Without Religious Exemption

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Suit was filed yesterday in a Maine federal district court on behalf of over 2000 health care workers (all filing anonymously) challenging M...