Religion Clause

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

In a closely watched case, the U.S. Supreme Court today denied review in Davis v. Ermold,  (Docket No. 25-125, certiorari  denied 11/10/2025...

The Supreme Court hears oral arguments this morning in  Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections.  At issue in the case is whether an a...

In Defending Education v. Olentangy Local School District Board of Education,  (6th Cir., Nov. 6, 2025), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appea...

From SSRN: Brooke Girley, The Freedom to Be Bound: Antidiscrimination Theology and the Ministerial Exception ,  (Northwestern Journal of Law...

In O'Connell v. U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops , (DC Cir., Nov. 6, 2025), the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, over one dissent, denied...

In Trump v. Orr , (Sup. Ct., Nov. 6, 2025), the U.S. Supreme Court by a 6-3 vote granted an emergency stay of a preliminary injunction that ...

Suit was filed this week in a California federal district court against nine named defendants and 40 unnamed defendants alleging disruption ...

 In March 2025, a New York resident filed suit in a Connecticut state trial court against a Christian YouTube channel and the preacher who ...

Suit was filed this week in an Illinois federal district court by the Moody Bible Institute challenging the Chicago Board of Education with ...

In Catholic Diocese of Richmond v. Smalls ,  (VA App, Nov. 5, 2025), a Virginia state appellate court dismissed on ecclesiastical abstention...

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

 In a Truth Social post ( full text ) yesterday, President Donald Trump said: Any Jewish person who votes for Zohran Mamdani, a proven and s...

 On October 31, President Trump announced on Truth Social ( full text ) that he is designating Nigeria as a "Country of Particular Conc...

On November 1, President Trump issued a Presidential Message on All Saints Day ( full text ). It reads in part: On All-Saints’ Day, the Firs...

In Arroyo-Castro v. Gasper ,  (D CT, Nov. 3, 2025), a Connecticut federal district court in a 54-page opinion rejected claims of a public mi...

In Lubavitch of Old Westbury, Inc. v. Incorporated Village of Old Westbury, New York ,   (ED NY, Oct. 30, 2025), a New York federal district...

In French Broad United Methodist Church v. Holston Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church ,  (TN App., Oct. 31, 20225), a Tennesse...

In Oregon Right to Life v. Stolfi ,  (9th Cir., Oct. 31, 2025), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, remanded the case ...

From SSRN: Matthew Bolton, Anti-Zionism as 'Protected Belief': The Case of David Miller , (Forthcoming in Industrial Law Journal). L...