Religion Clause

In Roake v. Brumley ,  (MD LA, Nov. 12, 2024), a Louisiana federal district court in a 177-page opinion held that Louisiana House Bill 71 t...

In Britain yesterday the Archbishop of Canterbury announced his resignation, taking responsibility for an inadequate response to reports of ...

 A Michigan federal district court jury last week awarded damages of $12,690,000 to an IT specialist who was fired from her position after s...

 A petition for certiorari  ( full text ) was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court last Friday in Chiles v. Salazar,  (Sup. Ct., cert. filed 11...

From SSRN: Hershey H. Friedman, The Desire to Be Liked: Talmudic Insights on Truth-Seeking in a Polarized World , (September 22, 2024). Ant...

 In Ex Parte Halprin ,  (TX Ct. Crim. App., Nov. 6, 2024), the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in a 6-3 decision granted a new trial to one ...

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt yesterday announced  the launch of the state's new Office of Faith Based Initiatives. According to the Off...

In Bingham   v. City of San Jose , (CA App., Oct. 30, 2024), a California state appeals court held that five San Jose firefighters who were ...

On Tuesday, voters in three states approved measures recognizing same-sex marriage and eliminating now-unenforceable provisions to the contr...

School choice and state funding for students at non-public schools was unpopular among voters on Tuesday. Colorado voters defeated a propose...

Exit polling by Edison Research, published by the Washington Post , shows the percentage of voters of various religious faiths who voted for...

In ten states yesterday, voters were asked to approve ballot measures that would guarantee abortion rights.  Voters approved proposals guara...

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

In Parents Defending Education v. Olentangy Local School District , (6th Cir., Nov. 1, 2024), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals sitting ...

Suit was filed last week in a Virginia federal district court by two Christian female law students at George Mason University contending tha...

In Union Gospel Mission of Yakima, Wash. v. Ferguson ,  (ED WA, Nov. 1, 2024), a Washington federal district court granted a preliminary inj...

From SSRN: Ruth Colker, Christian Domination ,  (Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 885 (2024)), Kathleen Brady, Law, Religion, and...

In Fuqua v. Raak ,  (9th Cir., Nov. 1, 2024), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals partially reversed an Arizona federal district court'...

Tuesday's elections around the country will feature an unusually large number of ballot measures of particular interest to Religion Clau...

 In St. Luke's University Hospital v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review ,  (PA Commonw. Court, Nov. 1, 2024), a Pennsylvania sta...