Showing posts with label Texas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Texas. Show all posts
Thursday, March 12, 2026

5th Circuit: Principal Lacks Qualified Immunity for Barring Teachers' Praying in View of Students

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In Barber v. Rounds ,  (5th Cir., March 9,2026), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals held that Texas high school principal Bryan Rounds do...
Friday, March 06, 2026

Muslim Woman Forced to Remove Hijab During Booking Can Proceed on Some of Her Claims

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In Khan v. City of Richardson ,  (ND TX, March 4, 2026), a Muslim woman sued after she was required to remove her hijab during the intake, p...
Wednesday, March 04, 2026

Suit Alleges Unconstitutional Exclusion of Muslim Schools from Texas School Choice Program

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A Muslim parent filed suit this week in a Texas federal district court challenging the state's exclusion of accredited Islamic private s...
Monday, February 23, 2026

City's Regulation of Donation Boxes Violates Christian Nonprofit's Free Speech Rights

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In Arms of Hope v. City of Mansfield, Texas ,  (ND TX, Feb. 19, 2026), a Christian social service organization challenged the city's reg...
Sunday, February 08, 2026

Texas AG Sues to Close Down CAIR and Muslim Brotherhood in State

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed suit in a Texas state trial court against CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood asking for an injuncti...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Texas AG Sues Out-of-State Mail Order Provider of Abortion Drugs

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton yesterday filed a civil lawsuit against a Delaware-based nurse practitioner whose telehealth service calle...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

5th Circuit En Banc Hears Challenges To 2 States' Laws Requiring Posting of 10 Commandments in Classrooms

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The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday, sitting en banc,  heard oral arguments in two cases raising the question of the constitutio...
Monday, December 08, 2025

Texas Sues Promoters of Development Aimed at Muslim Home Buyers

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced last week that he has filed suit in a Texas state trial court against the East Plano Islamic Ce...
Wednesday, December 03, 2025

Class Action Filed Challenging Texas Law Requiring 10 Commandments in All Classrooms

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 A class action lawsuit was filed yesterday in a Texas federal district court challenging the recently enacted Texas statute that requires t...
Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Texas AG Sues State Agency for Excluding Sectarian Use of Homelessness Funds

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced  on Monday he has filed suit against the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs chall...
Friday, November 21, 2025

CAIR Sues Texas Governor

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As previously reported , earlier this week Texas governor Greg Abbott issued a Proclamation designating CAIR as a Foreign Terrorist and Tran...
Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Texas Governor Declares CAIR Foreign Terrorist and Transnational Criminal Organization

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott yesterday issued a Proclamation ( full text ) designating the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as Foreign Terrorist an...

Court Enjoins School Districts from Complying with Texas Mandate to Post 10 Commandments in Classrooms

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In Cribbs Ringer v. Comal Independent School District , (WD TX, Nov. 18, 2025), a Texas federal district court issued a preliminary injuncti...
Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Texas AG Sues Challenging Exclusion of Sectarian Employment from Work-Study and Similar State Programs

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton last week filed suit in a Texas state trial court against the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board an...
Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Religious Based Proxy Advisors Challenge New Texas Regulatory Law

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Texas S.B.2337  enacted by the Texas legislature earlier this year imposes new disclosure requirements on proxy advisory services that provi...
Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Texas AG Sues School District to Require Posting of 10 Commandments

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Last week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit in a Texas state trial court against the Galveston School District and its board mem...
Wednesday, November 05, 2025

Texas Voters Approve Parental Rights Amendment

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Texas voters yesterday by a vote of 70% to 30%  adopted an amendment to the state Constitution providing: To enshrine truths that are deeply...
Thursday, October 30, 2025

Battle Over Congregations' Disaffiliations Dismissed on Ecclesiastical Abstention Grounds

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 In   United Methodist Rio Conference Board of Trustees v. Alice First Methodist Church ,  (TX App., Oct. 29, 2025), a Texas state appeals c...
Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Texas Judicial Conduct Rules Changed To Allow Judges To Refuse To Perform Same-Sex Marriages

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On Oct.24, the Texas Supreme Court added a Comment ( full text ) to Canon 4 of the Texas Code of Judical Conduct. The New Comment reads: It...
Friday, September 26, 2025

Court Refuses to Dismiss Case on Misappropriation of Tithed Funds Under Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine

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 In Leach v. Gateway Church ,  (ED TX, Sep. 17, 2025), a Texas federal district court refused to dismiss a class action suit on behalf of Ga...