Friday, August 08, 2025

Executive Order Targets Religious and Political Discrimination by Banks

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Yesterday President Trump issued an Executive Order ( full text ) titled Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All. The Executive Order requires ban...

10th Circuit Upholds Oklahoma's Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

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In Poe v. Drummond ,  (10th Cir., Aug. 6, 2025), the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court's refusal to preliminaril...
Thursday, August 07, 2025

5th Circuit: Anti-Vax Belief in Bodily Autonomy Can Support Title VII Religious Discrimination Claim

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In Wright v. Honeywell International, Inc .,  (5th Cir., Aug. 5, 2025), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's d...

7th Circuit: Jury Must Decide Whether Religious Accommodation Would Create Undue Hardship

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In a Title VII case that has been in litigation for six years, in Kluge v. Brownsburg Community School Corp ., (7th Cir., Aug. 5, 2025), the...
Wednesday, August 06, 2025

9th Circuit: Ministerial Exception Requires Dismissal of Customer Service Representative's Title VII Suit

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In  McMahon v. World Vision, Inc. ,  (9th Cir., Aug. 5, 2025), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the ministerial exception doc...

Prosecution of Religious Leader for Psilocybin Use Is Enjoined

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In Jensen v. Utah County , (D UT, Aug. 4, 2025), a Utah federal district court enjoined Utah County from continuing its prosecution of plain...

Court Enjoins Compliance with Arkansas Law Requiring Posting of 10 Commandments in All Classrooms

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Earlier this year, Arkansas enacted Act 573 requiring display of the Ten Commandments in public school and college classrooms. In Stinson v...
Tuesday, August 05, 2025

European Court Says Russia Violated Religious Rights in Its War with Ukraine

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In Ukraine and Netherlands v. Russia , (ECHR,   July 9, 2025), the European Court of Human Rights in a 1652 paragraph Grand Chamber opinion ...

Challenge to Church's Switch in Denominations Fails

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In Wimber v. Scott , (CA App., July 30, 2025), a California state appellate court held that plaintiffs who were tithing congregants of a Pro...
Monday, August 04, 2025

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Paul E. McGreal, Ten Commandments Cases: Learning from Reformation Coercion , (July 27, 2025). Christopher C. Lund, A Defense of...

Crisis Pregnancy Center Gets Injunction Against Abortion Reversal Ban

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In Bella Health and Wellness v. Weiser ,  (D CO, Aug. 1, 2025), the Colorado federal district court that had previously granted a preliminar...
Friday, August 01, 2025

Fact Questions Remain as to Whether Sex Abuser's Confession Was Privileged

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In Doe v. Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ,  (AZ App., July 29, 2025), an Arizona state appe...

Columbia and UCLA Settle Antisemitism Charges

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Last week (July 23), Columbia University announced that it had reached a settlement with the federal government to restore its research fun...
Thursday, July 31, 2025

Passport Denial Violated RFRA

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In Jordan v. Rubio ,  (D DC, July 29, 2025), a D.C. federal district court held that the State Department violated the Religious Freedom Res...

North Carolina Legislature Overrides Governor's Veto of Bill on Transgender Issues, Pornography and Religious School Opt-Outs

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On Tuesday, the North Carolina legislature overrode the governor's veto of House Bill 805 ( full text ). The new law deals with a lengt...
Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Missouri Sues Planned Parenthood for False Advertising

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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced last week that the state of Missouri has filed suit against the national Planned Parentho...

Muslim Group Sues Over Denial of Zoning Permit for Mosque

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Suit was filed last week in a Tennessee federal district court challenging the denial of a special use permit to a Muslim religious organiza...
Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Cutoff of Funding to All Planned Parenthood Clinics Enjoined

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In Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. v. Kennedy ,  (D MA, July 28, 2025), a Massachusetts federal district court in a 58-page o...

Office of Personnel Management Says Federal Employee Religious Speech In Workplace Is Protected

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Yesterday, the federal Office of Personnel Management issued a Memo ( full text ) to heads of federal departments and agencies on  Protectin...
Monday, July 28, 2025

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Blair Major, The Dignity of Religious Freedom (September 01, 2024). Pradeep Kumar Deepak, Slavery in Tripura: A Historical Overv...