Showing posts with label Religious discrimination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Religious discrimination. Show all posts
Friday, April 25, 2025

New Website Catalogues Laws That Exclude Religious Organizations from Government Funding Opportunities

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Earlier this month, Notre Dame Law School announced that it, along with two other organizations, has launched a new website which identifie...
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

DOJ Hosts First Meeting of Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias

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 A Department of Justice press release  reports that yesterday the DOJ hosted the inaugural meeting of the Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Chri...
Monday, March 10, 2025

Supreme Court Denies Cert. In Title VII Religioius Discrimination Case

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The U.S. Supreme Court today denied review in Hittle v. City of Stockton, California , (Docket No. 24-427, certiorari  denied 3/10/2025). Ju...
Tuesday, March 04, 2025

Coffee House Sued Over Separate Antisemitic Incidents Involving Harassment of Customers

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 A suit under California's Unruh Civil Rights Act alleging religious discrimination was filed yesterday in a California state trial cour...
Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Suit Challenges Software Company's Denial of Discount to Christian Nonprofit

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A suit under California's Unruh Civil Rights Act was filed yesterday in a California federal district court by a Christian nonprofit org...
Thursday, February 13, 2025

Britain's Court of Appeals: Teacher Wrongfully Terminated for Personal Facebook Postings Reflecting Christian Beliefs on Sexuality

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In Higgs v. Farmor's School ,  (EWCA, Feb. 12, 2025), Britain's Court of Appeal held that the dismissal of a teacher because of post...
Friday, February 07, 2025

President Trump Creates Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias

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Yesterday, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias  ( full text ). The Order establishes within the...
Friday, January 24, 2025

DOJ Civil Rights Division Freezes New Initiatives

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The Washington Post yesterday reported that the Justice Department's new Chief of Staff has sent a memo to Kathleen Wolf, the new super...
Friday, January 17, 2025

Court Dismisses Some Challenges To ED Rule Protecting Student Religious Organizations

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In Secular Student Alliance v. U.S. Department of Education ,  (D DC, Jan. 15, 2025), plaintiffs challenged a rule promulgated by the Depart...
Monday, January 13, 2025

University' Rescission of Agreement with Church Did Not Violate Equal Protection or Free Exercise Clauses

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In Calvary Chapel Belfast v. University of Maine System , (D ME, Jan. 10, 2025), a Maine federal district court refused to issue a temporary...
Monday, December 30, 2024

Court Denies Preliminary Injunction Against Moratorium Delaying Building of Mosque

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In Zikar Holdings, LLC v. Ruhland ,  (D MN, Dec. 26, 2024), a Minnesota federal district court refused to issue a preliminary injunction to ...
Saturday, December 28, 2024

White House Releases National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate

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Earlier this month (Dec. 12), the White House released  a U.S. National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate ( full text ). ...
Friday, December 20, 2024

Yeshiva Denied Preliminary Injunction Against Zoning Enforcement

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In Anash, Inc., d/b/a Wyoming Valley Yeshiva v. Borough of Kingston ,  (MD PA, Dec. 19, 2024), a Pennsylvania federal district court refused...
Tuesday, December 10, 2024

2nd Circuit: Lawyers Have Standing to Challenge Bar Rule That Limits Comments on Transgender and Religious Subject Matter

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In Cerame v. Slack ,  (2d Cir., Dec. 9, 2024), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals held that two Connecticut lawyers have standing to brin...
Tuesday, November 26, 2024

9th Circuit Hears Arguments on Youth Ministry's Access to State Grants

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Last week (Nov. 20) the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in  Youth 71Five Ministries v. Williams ( video of full oral ...
Wednesday, November 06, 2024

Eviction Did Not Violate Plaintiff's Free Exercise Rights

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In Wexler v. City of San Diego, California ,  (SD CA, Nov. 4, 2024), a California federal district court rejected plaintiff's claim that...
Monday, October 21, 2024

Lufthansa Fined $4M For Discrimination Against Jewish Passengers Flying On Pilgrimage To Hungary

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On Oct. 7, a Consent Cease-and-Desist Order ( full text ) was issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation imposing civil penalties of $4...
Thursday, September 12, 2024

10th Circuit: School Administrator Fired Over Religious Comments Has Discrimination, But Not Retaliation, Claim

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 In McNellis v. Douglas County School District , (10th Cir., Sept. 10, 2024), the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal of r...
Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Court Grants Injunction to Jewish Students at UCLA Impeded by Gaza Protests

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In Frankel v. Regents of the University of California ,  (CD CA, Aug. 13, 2024), a California federal district court issued a preliminary in...
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...