Tuesday, October 21, 2025

President Issues Diwali Greetings

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Yesterday was  Diwali . The Whie House posted a "Presidential Message on Diwali" ( full text ) which says: Today, I send my best w...

Title VII Suit Alleges Failure to Accommodate Religious Refusal to Work Alone with a Woman

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Suit was filed last week in a New York federal district court by an HVAC technician who alleges that his firing violated Title VII and the N...
Monday, October 20, 2025

Court Upholds Right of Divorced Father to Raise His Young Children in Sikh Tradition

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In N.S. v. H.C. ,  (CA App., Oct. 17, 2025), a California state appellate court reversed and remanded a trial court's ruling on divorced...

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Angela Carmella, Catholic Institutions And The Religion Clauses: Faith In A Liberal Democracy ,  (Seton Hall Law School Legal Stu...
Sunday, October 19, 2025

Catholic Bishops Object to White House's Initiatives Creating Greater Access to IVF

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In a Fact Sheet ( full text ) released October 16, the White House announced several initiatives designed to increase access to, and reduce ...
Saturday, October 18, 2025

Denial of Access to Clergy During Covid Lockdown Did Not Violate Inmate's Free Exercise Rights

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In Johnson v. Ellis ,  (D NJ, Oct. 15, 2025), a New Jersey federal district court dismissed a claim by a pre-trial detainee that his free ex...
Friday, October 17, 2025

New Oklahoma Superintendent Reverses Policies on Bibles in Classrooms

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Oklahoma's new State Superintendent of Schools has announced he is reversing the policy of his predecessor Ryan Walters' plans to di...

Placing Patron Saint Statues on City Safety Building Is Enjoined

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In Fitzmaurice v. City of Quincy ,  (MA Super. Ct., Oct. 14, 2025), a Massachusetts state trial court issued a preliminary injunction barrin...

Diocese Has Vested Right in Statute of Limitations That Has Run in Suit by Abuse Victim

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In 2020, the New Hampshire legislature amended its statute of limitations by removing the limitation period for suits alleging sexual assaul...
Thursday, October 16, 2025

Court Dismisses Religious Challenges to Trump's Executive Order on Portraying American History

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In Jeanpierre v. Trump ,  (D UT, Oct. 14, 2025), a Utah federal magistrate judge dismissed a suit challenging on RFRA, free exercise and Est...

Plaintiff Lacks Standing to Claim Rutgers Engaged in Anti-Hindu Discrimination

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In Bagal v. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey ,  (D NJ, Oct. 14, 2025), a New Jersey federal district court dismissed for lack of ...
Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Supreme Court Denies Review of School Policy on Hiding Students' Gender Dysphoria from Parents

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday denied certiorari in Lee v. Poudre School District R-1,  (Docket No. 25-89, certiorari denied (10/14/2025) ...
Monday, October 13, 2025

Death Row Inmate's RLUIPA Claim Rejected

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In Shockley v. Adams ,  (ED MO, Oct. 11, 2025), a Missouri federal district court dismissed a death row inmate's RLUIPA lawsuit concludi...

Canceling Concert Because of Reaction to Jewish Musician's Pro-Israel Posting Is Not Religious Discrimination

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In Pauker v. Heart Consciousness Church, Inc. ,  (ND CA, Oct. 9, 2025), a California federal district court dismissed religious and racial d...

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Candice Kulbeth, Constitutional Black Holes: An Anti-Delegation Principle for Civil Adjudication ,  (September 15, 2025). Russell...
Saturday, October 11, 2025

NY Court Dismisses Suit by Parishes Challenging their Bishop's Decision to Close Them

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In  Rozak v Diocese of Buffalo , (NY Erie County Sup. Ct., Sept. 26, 2025), a number of Catholic parishes sued the Diocese of Buffalo in an ...
Friday, October 10, 2025

Law and Religion Blogosphere Is Shrinking

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The blogging platform Typepad closed down on September 30. As reported by Lexblog , "Typepad was arguably once the most popular publis...
Thursday, October 09, 2025

5th Circuit Grants En Banc Review of Louisiana 10 Commandments Law

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On Oct. 6, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals granted en banc  review in Roake v. Brumley, ( Full text of court's Order .) In the cas...

Religious Institutions Are Among Plaintiffs Challenging New H-1B Visa Fees

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Three religious institutions and a pastor are among the eleven plaintiffs that filed suit last week against the President and four federal d...
Wednesday, October 08, 2025

Splintered 5th Circuit Says Suit Against City for Failing to Train Police on 1st Amendment Rights Can Move Ahead

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 In Hershey v. City of Bossier City ,  (5th Cir., Oct. 7, 2025), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in a splintered decision reversed a L...