Showing posts with label RFRA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RFRA. Show all posts
Friday, March 06, 2026

Indiana Trial Court Permanently Enjoins Enforcement of Abortion Ban Against Women with Conflicting Religious Beliefs

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In Anonymous Plaintiff 1 v. Individual Members of the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana , (Super. Ct., March 5, 2026), an Indiana state tri...
Thursday, February 26, 2026

Clergy Seek Access To ICE Detainees

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Suit was filed this week in a Minnesota federal district court by Evangelical Lutheran and United Church of Christ organizations and by a Ca...
Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Supreme Court Denies Review of RFRA Claims by Military Who Refused Covid Vaccine

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The Supreme Court yesterday denied certiorari in Doster v. Meink , (Docket No.25-446, cert. denied 2/23/2026) and Poffenbarger v. Meink,  (...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

New ICE Policy Allowing Enforcement Operations at Churches Violates RFRA

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 In New England Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America v. Department of Homeland Security ,  (D MA, Feb. 13, 2026), a Massachusetts f...
Friday, February 13, 2026

Court Orders Access for Clergy to ICE Facility on Ash Wednesday

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In Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership v. Noem ,  (ND IL, Feb. 12, 2026), an Illinois federal district court issued a preliminary ...
Wednesday, February 04, 2026

RFRA Defense to Indictment of Church Leader for Distributing Ayahuasca Fails

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In United States v. Codi , (ND AL, Feb. 2, 2026), an Alabama federal district court denied defendant's motion to dismiss a criminal indi...
Saturday, January 31, 2026

Court Refuses to Enjoin Coinage Containing "In God We Trust" Motto

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In Clayman v. Bessent ,  (SD FL, Jan. 8, 2026), a Florida federal district court denied plaintiff's request for a preliminary injunction...
Saturday, January 10, 2026

7th Circuit: Satanic Temple Lacks Standing to Challenge Indiana's Ban on Telehealth Abortion [CORRECTED]

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 In Satanic Temple, Inc. v. Rokita ,  ( 7th Cir., Jan. 6, 2026), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals held that The Satanic Temple lacks ...
Monday, December 29, 2025

RFRA Challenge to Connecticut Removal of Religious Exemption from School Vaccines Survives

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In We the Patriots USA, Inc. v. State of Connecticut Department of Education , (CT Super, Dec. 16, 2025), a Connecticut state trial court di...
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...
Thursday, December 04, 2025

West Virginia Supreme Court, Pending Appeal, Reinstates No-Religious-Exemption to School Vaccine Mandate

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As previously reported , last month a West Virginia trial court held that the state's Equal Protection of Religion Law requires schools ...
Sunday, November 30, 2025

"In God We Trust" On Currency Does Not Burden Jewish Plaintiff's Religious Exercise

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 In Clayman v. Bessant ,  (SD FL, Nov. 24, 2025), a Florida federal district court rejected plaintiff's RFRA, Free Exercise, Establishme...
Friday, November 28, 2025

West Virginia Court Says Schools Must Allow Religious Exemptions From Vaccination Requirements

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In Guzman v. West Virginia Board of Education , (WV Cir. Ct., Nov. 26, 2025), a West Virginia state trial court, in a 75-page opinion, held ...
Friday, November 21, 2025

Catholic Clergy Sue for Access to ICE Detention Facility

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 A religious advocacy organization, its director, 3 priests, and a sister filed suit this week against immigration officials alleging that t...
Thursday, November 20, 2025

Trump's Executive Order on American History Does Not Infringe Plaintiff's Free Exercise Rights

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In  Jeanpierre v. Trump , (D UT, November 18, 2025), a Utah federal district court dismissed a suit by the founder of a religious organizati...
Tuesday, November 18, 2025

9th Circuit Remands Discrimination Suit Against Third-Party Health Plan Administrator

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In Pritchard v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois ,  (9th Cir., Nov. 17, 2025), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals remanded to the distr...
Monday, November 10, 2025

Supreme Court Hears Arguments Today in RLUIPA Damages Case

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The Supreme Court hears oral arguments this morning in  Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections.  At issue in the case is whether an a...
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 ...
Friday, October 03, 2025

Insurance Abortion Coverage Mandate Does Not Violate Baptist Group's Rights

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 In Illinois Baptist State Association v. Department of Insurance ,  (IL App., Oct. 1, 2025), an Illinois state appellate court held that a ...
Friday, September 26, 2025

Mother Loses Free Exercise Challenge To Violence Against Women Act

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In United States v. Gaviola ,  (ED CA, Sept. 25, 2025), a California federal district court held that enforcement of 18 USC §2262(a)(2) doe...