Showing posts with label Oaths. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oaths. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 15, 2023

New Jersey Will Allow Candidates To File With Secular Alternative To Oath of Allegiance

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As previously reported , in early October a suit was filed in a New Jersey federal district court challenging the New Jersey requirement tha...
Friday, October 20, 2023

Canadian Court Says Oath to Monarchy Does Not Infringe Sikh Lawyer's Rights

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In Wirring v. Law Society of Alberta ,  (AB KB, Oct. 16, 2023), the Court of King's Bench of the Canadian province of Alberta (sitting a...
Thursday, October 05, 2023

Potential Candidate Challenges Religious Oath On New Jersey Candidate Petition Forms

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Suit was filed this week in a New Jersey federal district court challenging the New Jersey requirement that candidates filing to run for pub...
Friday, November 19, 2021

European Court Dismisses Challenges To Irish Constitution's Religious Oaths

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In Shortall v. Ireland ,  (ECHR, Nov. 18, 2021), the European Court of Human Rights dismissed as inadmissible a suit filed by several politi...
Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Certiorari Denied In Challenge To "So Help Me God" In Citizenship Oath

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 Yesterday the United States Supreme Court denied review in Perrier-Bilbo v. United States,  (Docket No. 20-349, certiorari denied 11/9/2020...
Friday, October 02, 2020

Alabama's Voter Registration Oath Is Challenged

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Yesterday four Alabama residents filed suit challenging language in Alabama's voter registration form. The oath in the form ends with &q...
Thursday, September 24, 2020

Irish Court Focuses On Importance of Witness Oath

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  N.D. (Albania) v. International Protection Appeals Tribunal , (High Ct. Ireland, Sept. 22, 2020), was a suit brought by an Albanian woman ...
Tuesday, April 07, 2020

1st Circuit OKs "So Help Me God" In Naturalization Oath

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In  Perrier-Bilbo v. United States , (1st Cir., April 3, 2020), the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals rejected constitutional challenges to ...
Wednesday, March 06, 2019

New Trial Ordered After Juror Questions Defendant's Taking of Oath

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In Davis v. Husain ,  (NJ App., March 1, 2019), a New Jersey state appellate court, in a hostile work environment case that has already woun...
Friday, February 08, 2019

House Dust Up Over Absence of "So Help Me God" In Oaths By Committee Witnesses

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USA Today reported yesterday that Republican Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson, new chairman of the Republican Study Committee, as well as...
Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Witnesses May Take Oath on Eagle Feathers In Two More Canadian Provinces

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In two more Canadian provinces, Indigenous Peoples will now have the option of taking the oath as a witness using Eagle feathers instead of ...
Wednesday, October 03, 2018

"So Help Me God" In Citizenship Oath Upheld

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In Perrier-Bilbo v. United States ,  (D MA, Sept. 28, 2018), a Massachusetts federal district court rejected a challenge to the inclusion of...
Tuesday, May 08, 2018

Suit Seeks To Remove "So Help Me God" From Citizenship Oath

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According to a press release  yesterday from the Raelian Movement , a French national living in Massachusetts who is seeking to become a U.S...
Monday, July 27, 2015

Michigan Supreme Court: Wrong Oath For Jurors In Murder Case Does Not Require New Trial

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An interesting decision from the Michigan Supreme Court last week illustrates the distance we have moved from the original conception of oat...